

Prompt / Lyrics
Verse 1 You’ve loved me longer than I admit Longer than I ever sit with Every time you reached for more I stepped back from the door You see a future steady and bright I see the storm behind my eyes You call it love, you call it fate I call it something I’m afraid to break You don’t know what my emotions do When they finally get close to you They don’t land soft They don’t move slow They consume rooms And overload ⸻ Pre-Chorus You say you can handle me You say you’re not scared But I’ve seen what happens When I let someone there ⸻ Chorus I won’t let you step inside The wolf den that I hide My heart don’t open gentle It devours what’s sentimental I’d rather keep you safe On the edge of my world Than let you see The chaos I hold You deserve a love that’s calm and clear Not the war that lives in here ⸻ Verse 2 We were close enough to build a life Close enough to call you “wife” Close enough to almost hold A little soul we never got to know We lost her And I shut down Built higher walls Didn’t make a sound You grieved with open hands I grieved like broken glass You reached for comfort I reached for distance Like I always have And the way you see yourself sometimes The love you think you earn The things you choose to tolerate The bridges you let burn You say you’re strong enough for me But strength ain’t what I see If you still accept less than you deserve How could you survive with me? ⸻ Pre-Chorus You think time made me softer But it only made me aware I don’t fear loving you I fear what happens when I care ⸻ Chorus I won’t let you step inside The wolf den that I hide My heart don’t open gentle It tears through what’s essential I’ve ruined love with honesty With intensity With too much of me And I won’t let you be Another casualty ⸻ Bridge You see strength I see damage You see depth I see panic You think enduring pain is love You wear it like a crown But loving me is different It would pull the ceiling down You say, “I’m not leaving.” But what if I change you? What if my storms Rearrange you? I value you too much To gamble with your peace Sometimes protection Looks like distance ⸻ Final Chorus (Stripped) I won’t let you step inside The wolf den that I hide I’d rather love you safely From the outside If I ever lose you It won’t be from a fight It’ll be from fear Of loving you right ⸻ Outro You deserve something steady. Not a man still learning How not to burn The ones he holds.
Tags
Alternative / Neo-Soul–leaning R&B, Male deep, rhythm
3:40
No
2/15/2026