Not Even Love

Sweeping melodic dubstep / future bass hybrid with cinematic strings, airy pads, and shimmering plucks; emotional adult female vocals in a high, clear register, First verse rides a spacious half-time groove with distant piano, then the pre-chorus adds rising strings and vocal echoes, Chorus hits with wide sidechained saws, layered harmonies, and a towering melodic lead; second half of the drop brings in glitchy vocal chops and bigger drums before a final, stripped emotional outro, electronic, dubstep, emotional [Verse 1] Left your sweater on my chair Still smells like rain and your cologne I trace your name in gathered dust As if that brings you home You said “forever” on the stairs Eyes so certain Hands ice cold Promises like paper cranes All folded Then let go [Pre-Chorus] How did we fade from color into grey? How did I lose you while you stayed? Every word we threw like fire Burned the bridge we tried to save [Chorus] Not even love could hold us When all we did was bleed We built a house on fault lines And prayed it wouldn’t scream I gave you all my tomorrows You traded them for a dream Not even love could save us From what we did to me [Drop] [Massive melodic drop with soaring lead and chopped Echoing vocal: “not even love Not even love…”] [Verse 2] Your coffee cup A fading ring Brown ghosts on porcelain white I talk to shadows on the wall They answer in your quiet You called it mercy Walking out Said staying would just bruise us more But mercy doesn’t slam so loud Or freeze behind the door [Pre-Chorus] How did we get from holding on to hurt? How did “I love you” start to burn? Every truth we tried to swallow Turned to ash beneath the words [Chorus] Not even love could hold us When all we did was bleed We built a house on fault lines And prayed it wouldn’t scream I gave you all my tomorrows You traded them for a dream Not even love could save us From what we did to me [Bridge] I still reach for you in sleep (oh) Wake up gripping empty sheets If this is what our story was Then losing you is part of me [Chorus] Not even love could hold us When all we did was bleed We built a house on fault lines And prayed it wouldn’t scream I gave you all my tomorrows You traded them for a dream Not even love could save us From what we did to me [Outro] Not even love Could carry us through So I’m learning how To live past you