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Intro
Tuesday night, skin still warm from the water Towel clinging like it knew secrets I hadn't spoken The question lit the screen before the steam could fade "What's something today you wish I saw?"
Verse 1
I angled the mirror slow, let the fabric slip just enough One droplet tracing paths I hoped your eyes would follow Sent it before the doubt could talk me out of the moment Your reply came back low, gravel in the humidity Voice note in the dark, painting pictures with heat alone Telling me exactly what that image did to your pulse I listened twice, thighs pressed tight against the cool air The salt in the room wasn't the only thing rising with the rain
Pre-chorus
Every question pulled the thread a little tighter Every answer made the silence louder than the storm outside You stopped asking the polite ones we used to trade Started asking the ones that make the air too thick to breathe
Chorus
Ask me the questions The ones that aren't safe Ask me what you wish I saw And I'll show you where they lead Ask me the dangerous ones The ones that make my voice drop low I like where they lead I like where they go
Verse 2
Wednesday, lunch break, office bathroom locked tight Skirt hiked with no warning, heart beating in my throat A knock on the door, I bit my own wrist to stay quiet Came fast and messy, legs shaking against the cold tile Told you every detail when I finally got home The risk, the rush, the way your words made it happen You said you had to step outside just to walk it off Sent the proof, fingers still glistening in the low light You sent back the video, voice low in the background "This is what you do to me, every single day now"
Pre-chorus
Every question pulled the thread a little tighter Every answer made the silence louder than the storm outside You stopped asking the polite ones we used to trade Started asking the ones that make the air too thick to breathe
Chorus
Ask me the questions The ones that aren't safe Ask me what you wish I saw And I'll show you where they lead Ask me the dangerous ones The ones that make my voice drop low I like where they lead I like where they go
Bridge
Thursday, 4:17, the question hit different "What's the one thing you wish happened but didn't?" I told you the fantasy, key in the door, no words spoken Just you seeing me already open, already waiting in the dark You called, voice like gravel and distant thunder rolling in "Tomorrow night I'm coming over, and I'm not stopping until" The promise hung in the air like the rain on the window Every hour after that felt like holding my breath underwater
Verse 3
Friday, soaked from the memory of your voice on the line Truth, no lies left in me, none I wanted to keep I've been wet since the call, thighs pressed under the desk You said the same, hard at work, folder over your lap twice "Then come do it," I sent, already shaking at the thought The key turned slow in the lock that night when you arrived You didn't ask what I wished you saw anymore You showed me instead, slow and deep and shaking the headboard
Chorus
Ask me the questions. The ones that start the blaze. The key turned slow in the lock. And every answer came true in the dark. I like where they lead. I like where they go. Ask me tomorrow... I like where we go.
Outro
The city kept moving outside the window But inside, everything had changed without a sound Some questions don't just start conversations They start fires that burn long after the rain stops falling
Inside the recording
Tuesday night, skin still warm from the water Towel clinging like it knew secrets I hadn't spoken
Every question pulled the thread a little tighter Every answer made the silence louder than the storm outside
The city kept moving outside the window But inside, everything had changed without a sound
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