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[INTRO: R&B] (A warm, slightly melancholic Fender Rhodes keyboard riff. Smooth, brushed drums. A low 808 sits underneath.) Yeah... mmhmm... I can see it in your eyes, even when you smile lately. We keep adding up the cost, baby... [VERSE 1: R&B / Sing-Rap] Your love is a language, fluent and deep Translates every silence, every secret I keep It’s a shelter, a sanctuary from the cold outside But sanctuary can’t pay the bills that stack up inside You hold me through nightmares, make the monsters feel small But what about the daylight expenses? The mortgage on the wall? I’m not saying it’s worthless—God, it’s everything I breathe But the world don’t run on poetry, or promises we weave… And lately… [CHORUS: Melodic R&B] Love is not enough when the lights are cut off And the wolves at the door only understand the cost It’s not enough to fill the silence in an empty room When the future’s knocking loud with a face of gloom We got hearts so full, they’re ’bout to overflow But, baby, hearts can’t plant the seeds we need to grow So I hold you tight and feel this terrifying stuff… Yeah, I’m terrified that love is not enough. [VERSE 2: Rap] (Beat switches: becomes slightly more percussive, a grittier sample chops in.) Check the stats. Love’s an intangible asset. Can’t list it on the application, they just glance and then pass it. They want collateral, credit, a five-year plan graphed out My collateral’s your trust, but that ain’t what they talk about. We build a palace of feelings on a plot of land we don’t own. One letter from the city, and we’re standing there alone. My dreams for you are solid gold, but they weigh in ounces. Reality sells by the ton, and it consistently po INTRO: R&B] (A warm, slightly melancholic Fender Rhodes keyboard riff. Smooth, brushed drums. A low 808 sits underneath.) Yeah... mmhmm... I can see it in your eyes, even when you smile lately. We keep adding up the cost, baby... [VERSE 1: R&B / Sing-Rap] Your love is a language, fluent and deep Translates every silence, every secret I keep It’s a shelter, a sanctuary from the cold outside But sanctuary can’t pay the bills that stack up inside You hold me through nightmares, make the monsters feel small But what about the daylight expenses? The mortgage on the wall? I’m not saying it’s worthless—God, it’s everything I breathe But the world don’t run on poetry, or promises we weave… And lately… [CHORUS: Melodic R&B] Love is not enough when the lights are cut off And the wolves at the door only understand the cost It’s not enough to fill the silence in an empty room When the future’s knocking loud with a face of gloom We got hearts so full, they’re ’bout to overflow But, baby, hearts can’t plant the seeds we need to grow So I hold you tight and feel this terrifying stuff… Yeah, I’m terrified that love is not enough. [VERSE 2: Rap] (Beat switches: becomes slightly more percussive, a grittier sample chops in.) Check the stats. Love’s an intangible asset. Can’t list it on the application, they just glance and then pass it. They want collateral, credit, a five-year plan graphed out My collateral’s your trust, but that ain’t what they talk about. We build a palace of feelings on a plot of land we don’t own. One letter from the city, and we’re standing there alone. My dreams for you are solid gold, but they weigh in ounces. Reality sells by the ton, and it consistently pounces. I wrestle with the tension: provider vs. partner. Is my value in my hustle, or the peace inside this ardor? You deserve a universe, I’m grinding for a sphere. Is the "we" I’m fighting for, disappearing year by year? Love’s the foundation, but what’s a foundation in a flood zone? With the water rising fast, and us shivering here, alone… [CHORUS: Melodic R&B] Love is not enough when the lights are cut off And the wolves at the door only understand the cost It’s not enough to fill the silence in an empty room When the future’s knocking loud with a face of gloom We got hearts so full, they’re ’bout to overflow But, baby, hearts can’t plant the seeds we need to grow So I hold you tight and feel this terrifying stuff… Yeah, I’m terrified that love is not enough. [BRIDGE: DUET - Raw, Harmonized Vocals] (Music strips to just the Rhodes and a soft vocal pad.) Her: So what are we building? A feeling or a life? Him: I’m trying to give you both, but I’m losing the fight. Her: I didn’t ask for diamonds, I asked for your hand. Him: But a hand gets tired when it’s sinking in sand. Both: And the tide is coming in… Is this how it ends? Not with a shout, but a sigh, over practical things? [OUTRO: Spoken Word / Fade] (Beat returns, slower, more broken. The Rhodes riff is lonely.) Maybe… maybe love is the reason. But it ain’t the tools. It ain’t the bricks. It ain’t the season… It’s just… the why. For all the how that’s missing. And God, I hope our "why" is strong enough for all this wishing… (Sound of the Rhodes note sustaining, then a soft, final kick drum.