Permissions

Verse 1
You don’t stand as close as you used to
You let the air exist between
Like you finally learned the difference
Between wanting and intervening

There’s no urgency in your body
No demand behind your eyes
And that alone feels unfamiliar
More than all your old goodbyes

You’re not asking me to trust you
You’re not asking me to stay
You’re existing in the present
Without pulling me your way

And I notice every movement
Every boundary you respect
Every version of restraint
I never thought I’d get

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Pre-Chorus
There’s something quieter now
Not weak, but controlled
Not asking to enter
Just no longer closed

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Chorus
You wait like you understand
I don’t belong to your hands
Not something you reopen on command
You wait like you finally see
Access isn’t guaranteed
And that changes everything in me

No pressure, no silent force
No expectation to restore
What doesn’t live here anymore
You wait like you understand
I don’t belong to your hands

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Verse 2
You don’t reach unless I reach first
You don’t speak unless it’s true
You don’t fill the space with noise
Just to make yourself feel secure

And it does something unexpected
Not forgiveness, not relief
Just a shift inside my system
A revision of belief

You stopped trying to convince me
You stopped trying to explain
And somehow in that absence
You removed a layer of weight

You became someone unfamiliar
Not through words, but through release
Not trying to earn redemption
Just existing differently

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Pre-Chorus
There’s power in what you don’t do
In what you don’t assume
In how you let silence
Decide if there’s room

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Chorus
You wait like you understand
I don’t belong to your hands
Not something you reopen on command
You wait like you finally see
Access isn’t guaranteed
And that changes everything in me

No pressure, no silent force
No expectation to restore
What doesn’t live here anymore
You wait like you understand
I don’t belong to your hands

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Bridge
Maybe this is what safety becomes
Not intensity, not running toward
Just the absence of invasion
Just the absence of before

You’re not trying to be chosen
You’re not trying to undo
And that’s the only reason
I’m still standing here with you

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Final Chorus
You wait like you understand
I don’t belong to your hands
Not something you reopen on command
You wait like you finally see
Access isn’t guaranteed
And that changes everything in me

No promises left to defend
No illusion left to pretend
Just presence without demand
You wait like you understand

female, alternative punk,electric bass, drums,cinematic pop, sax,rap,125BPM high vocals, harmonies vocals