You’ve got your ways, your hands, your eyes,
quiet words and softer lies,
and I drift, I drift—
down, down,
wrapped in you like smoke.
[Instrumental – slow, soft, reflective]
I tell myself it’s alright,
this gentle ache, this hidden bruise,
call it love, call it truth.
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Chorus:
I stay, I stay,
and I breathe you in,
I stay, I stay,
and I breathe you in.
[Instrumental – longer, building gently]
---
Your voice like thunder soft as silk,
a whisper rough against my skin,
and I let it in, I let it in—
and you fold around me.
[Instrumental – brief, subtle, almost hesitant]
Some days I see it clear,
a shadow laid across the light,
but love is soft, or so I hear,
so I bend, I bend—
I call it mine.
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Chorus:
I stay, I stay,
and I breathe you in,
I stay, I stay,
and I breathe you in.
[Instrumental – let the melody rise, a hint of urgency]
---
You hold me close, pull me down,
in silence deep as roots in ground,
and I go quiet, keep my place,
I tell myself it’s just a phase.
When it’s sweet, it’s golden light,
when it’s wrong, it fades to night,
and I’m lost, I’m lost,
calling it love—
like smoke.
[Instrumental – lingering, gentle strums, letting tension simmer]
---
Chorus:
I stay, I stay,
and I breathe you in,
I stay, I stay,
and I breathe you in.
[Instrumental – short, rhythmic, pulling back to simplicity]
---
Hands that leave a trace of blue,
soft like rain but cutting through,
and I wear it well, I wear it right,
and tell myself it feels like light.
I stay, I stay—
and the ache settles deep,
but it’s soft, and it’s warm,
and I sink into the need.
[Instrumental – a bit longer, delicate but weighted]
---
Chorus:
I stay, I stay,
and I breathe you in,
I stay, I stay,
and I breathe you in.
[Instrumental – soft, almost fading, then rising one last time]
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Outro:
Like smoke, like sin,
and I breathe you in,
I stay, I stay,
and I breathe you in.
And if this is what love’s meant to be,
I’ll take it all, I’ll call it free,
hold me close, hold me tight—
like smoke,
like light.
[Instrumental – quiet, lingering, letting the last notes hang in the air]
