Breaking For You

Met this girl the other night, slid through with her digits,

Called her up, said “what’s good?” she replied with quiet business.

“Nothing much,” she said, so I played it cool, said “what’s poppin’?”

She shrugged, I laughed, then asked if maybe we should stop frontin’.

She hesitated, breathed out, said “I don’t know…”

I pushed, asked “who’s on your mind?” she said “it’s complicated, bro.”

“You know who?” I asked, she nodded like she did,

I said “I feel you,” but inside I’m thinkin’ “it’s you I miss.”

Told her we grown, no games, don’t need that disguise,

If he can’t hold you right then I’ll hold you through the night.

Swore I’d stand by, that’s a promise not a phrase,

She’s been fed a thousand lies — tired of the maze.

Her heart been through storms, I see every scar and bruise,

So I park my pride, wipe her tears, play whatever mood she choose.

I press my ear to her chest, find the rhythm that’s my tune,

Her heartbeat hums my favorite line under the moon.

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I can hear your heartbeat calling me (calling me)

I can feel it whisper calling me

(And it keeps on saying) Hold me close, hold me close, hold me close and save me

(And it keeps on saying) Hold me close, hold me close, hold me close and save me

(I can feel it) I can hear your heartbeat calling me

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Maybe I shouldn’t fall again, but here I am on your couch,

We talk at 2AM, I spill the ways he let me down.

You listen like you’re new to all these cracks in my trust,

I’m stuck between the memory of us and wanting to adjust.

You say you knew me first, like you remember my whole name,

But I’m tangled in the past, and it keeps playing the same game.

This longing gets louder, can’t press mute any more,

I’m hearing something pull me that I can’t ignore.

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I can hear your heartbeat calling me (calling me)

I can hear your heartbeat calling me

(And it keeps on begging) Hold me close, hold me close, hold me close and save me (Save me)

(And it keeps on begging) Hold me close, hold me close, hold me close and save me (oh oh oh)

I can hear your heartbeat calling me

Baby it’s calling, it’s calling

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I don’t wanna warp this truth (no)

But I can’t keep lying to myself

When you hold me close (when you hold me close)

I feel the ache — baby let me breathe in your help

I could be the fix you need (see me)

You don’t have to cry again (no more tears)

I can hear your heartbeat, baby

I can hear your heartbeat

It’s pleading out loud

Won’t you answer what it says, baby

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I can hear your heartbeat calling me (calling me)

I can hear your heartbeat calling me

(And it’s whispering) Come inside, come inside, come inside and save me (save me)

Come inside, come inside, come inside and save me

I can hear your heartbeat calling me

Girl I can hear it crying out, crying out for me

Ladies wave your hands now, ladies wave your hands now

Oh baby

It’s calling me

It’s calling me, calling me

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Yeah, I hear it too — that steady knock at the door,

When you need shelter I’ll rush through, don’t need to keep score.

You my weakness and my cure, both at once, true and blue,

In this messy love we lose ourselves, then find what’s true.