[Intro]
[fingerpicked acoustic guitar melody, G major, 88 BPM]
[Verse 1]
[male rap vocals, dry production]
[trap drums enter with 808 bass]
Yo bitch where you at every fucking night?
Coming home at dawn smelling like some other dick's delight
Hiding that phone deleting texts, who you texting boo?
Out with the girls? Now that pussy got miles, I ain't no fool
[Chorus]
[female singing vocals, light reverb]
[acoustic guitar continues, drums maintain steady beat]
Darling it was just the girls, sipping wine down at the bar
Work ran late again honey, swear it ain't what you think by far
The phone just nonsense, nothing hiding in these jeans
Come lay down with me baby, let's forget these jealous scenes
[Verse 2]
[male rap vocals]
Bullshit, saw you slipping out, lipstick smeared, panties in your purse
Different plates on that car, creeping with some side piece first
Late night errands, hospital scent, that's common cheap motel
You cheating whore, pack your shit, go straight to fucking hell
[Chorus]
[female singing vocals]
Sugar it was overtime, boss had me cleaning up the mess
That lipstick's smudge from hugging friends, I swear I must confess
No searching this body, but you my heart still yields alone
Put down that bottle darling, come back home to our throne
[Verse 3]
[male rap vocals]
Lies stacked higher than your thighs, wrapped around some stranger's waist
Texts popping doctor appointments, hiding pics, what a disgrace
Fist through the wall last night, never touched your skin
But you just stare silent, let me burn in my own sin
[Chorus]
[female singing vocals]
Honey I ain't lying, just need space from all your rage
Silent 'cause I love you, scared of the storm inside your cage
Never hit me darling, but the shattering glass cuts deep inside
Hold me close tonight baby, let this fire die
[Bridge]
[male rap vocals, slower delivery]
[drums drop out, acoustic guitar only]
Three days gone and not a word, I built my case on every side
Told myself she's somebody else's, she crossed the final line
But the house got cold and quiet, and the rage began to cool
Then a number lit my screen I didn't know, from some hospital
[Interlude]
[acoustic guitar solo, bluesy electric guitar licks enter]
It's the hospital
Room eleven
She's been there three days
The chart outside the door reads
[Verse 4]
[male rap vocals]
[drums and 808 bass re-enter]
Cancer
Battling it alone while I lost my mind at home
Every girl's night was a treatment, every work late chemo alone
She hid the scans inside her phone so I wouldn't fall apart
To every name I called her, why the poison ate her heart
I put her clothes in garbage bags while she was losing all her hair
I screamed she smelled like someone else, and that was hospital air
[Chorus]
[female singing vocals]
Baby stop your crying, come and lay your hand in mine
I made the choice to carry this, I chose to walk that line
Wasn't shame, wasn't secrets, just nothing let you did
Just me loving you so hard I had to keep this hid
I wasn't hoping for this end darling, I swear that's true
I thought I'd beat it quiet, and come back home to you
[Outro]
[male rap vocals, emotional tone]
I can't take back the walls I put my fist through
[female singing vocals]
Baby those walls don't matter now
[male rap vocals]
You were dying in that chair while I built a case against you
[female singing vocals]
I forgave you before you ever knew
[male rap vocals]
How does a man live with loving someone wrong to the end?
[female singing vocals]
The same way love forgives, but it can't undo
[male rap vocals]
Baby don't you go, I'm right here now, I'm right here
I know it's too late but sorry, but I ain't leaving you here
I can't walk back through that door and live whatever years I've got
Knowing what I put you through while you were giving me all you got
[female singing vocals]
Darling, you were always my whole reason
[male rap vocals]
Don't go, you hear me?
[female singing vocals]
I forgave you every night
[male rap vocals]
Don't follow me
I never did, and I love you for it
But I can't, not without you, every damn night
[vocalizing]
[acoustic guitar fades out]