Power Over Me

[Verse 1]
He’s got power over me
One small smile
And I can’t breathe
I keep my jacket on indoors
Like that’s enough
To guard the doors
[Pre-Chorus]
Every time his fingers
Trace my spine
I remember every ending
Every warning sign
[Chorus]
Tale as old as time
He’s holding me
Then going cold
I want to give my heart
But my hands won’t let it go
I keep standing on the edge
Of everything I’ve known
I need to let go
But I don’t
I don’t know how to let go
[Verse 2]
We talk in circles
On his floor
Clock says midnight
I stay more
He says my name like
It’s a dare
I answer anyway
Like a prayer
[Pre-Chorus]
I could pack my feelings
Leave tonight
But he just says “come closer”
And I kill the light
[Chorus]
Tale as old as time
He’s holding me
Then going cold
I want to give my heart
But my hands won’t let it go
I keep standing on the edge
Of everything I’ve known
I need to let go
But I don’t
I don’t know how to let go
[Bridge]
Maybe I’m the one
Who keeps the chain
Choosing the same face
With a different name
If I take one step
Past his door
Will I miss him
Or miss the war
[Chorus]
Tale as old as time
He’s holding me
Then going cold
I want to give my heart
But my hands won’t let it go
I keep standing on the edge
Of everything I’ve known
I need to let go
I know
But I don’t know how to let go

pop, Intimate pop ballad over warm upright piano, subtle room reverb. Female vocals up close and vulnerable; verses hushed with sparse chords and soft pedal, chorus blooms with octave piano and gentle stacked harmonies. Light organic percussion and distant pads glide in on second chorus for lift, then drop to nearly solo voice on the bridge before a final, emotionally cracked refrain.