Lightning Between Us

[Verse 1]
You were sharpened eyes and folded arms
I was all defense and crooked charm
Every word we threw could start a fire
Every hallway look was barbed with wire
Call you storm
’Cause you never warned
Till you hit my sky
Left it torn
Didn’t know
Under every clash
I was learning how your lightning flashed
[Chorus]
How did we go from war to this?
From “don’t you dare” to one more kiss?
From drawing lines
To fingers traced on my skin?
You were the last one I should touch
Now I can’t breathe unless it’s us
Who knew the one I swore I’d never trust
Would be the one I’d crash into
There’s lightning between us
[Verse 2]
You’d correct my aim
I’d mock your pride
Trading little scars in every fight
But the night you bled for me in the dark
Pulled me from the edge
Hand on my heart
Saw your fear
Under all that steel
Heard your voice crack when you said my name
In that flash
Every bitter past
Fell away like ashes in the rain
[Chorus]
How did we go from war to this?
From “don’t you dare” to one more kiss?
From drawing lines
To fingers traced on my skin?
You were the last one I should touch
Now I can’t breathe unless it’s us
Who knew the one I swore I’d never trust
Would be the one I’d crash into
There’s lightning between us
[Bridge]
Enemies
Then uneasy truce
Then late-night truths on a battered roof
You said
“I’d burn the world
Before I ever lose you” (oh)
Now every scar
Feels like proof
Every bruise we earned just led to you
Didn’t plan this
But it’s burning through
[Chorus]
How did we go from war to this?
From “don’t you dare” to one more kiss?
From drawing lines
To fingers traced on my skin?
You were the last one I should touch
Now I can’t breathe unless it’s us
Who knew the one I swore I’d never trust
Would be the one I’d fall into
I’d fall
I’d fall into
[Outro]
You were thunder in my chest
I was shelter
Half-possessed
Now every time our hands brush
I remember what we were
And choose what we became
There’s lightning between us (between us)
There’s lightning
And I’m not afraid

pop, Bright, modern female pop piano ballad that builds from intimate, close-mic verse into a soaring, radio-ready chorus. Sparse piano and soft pads in the first verse, adding warm bass, snap-clap groove, and stacked harmonies on the hook. Second half lifts with octave piano, airy backing vocals, and a subtle tom build into a final, held vocal ad-lib., romantic