Come undone

 Love, from a female perspective


[Verse 1]

You find my zipper

Like you found my fear

Laugh in my shoulder

Breathe in my ear

Curtains half open

Traffic hums low

You trace the outline

Of someone you almost know


[Chorus]

I come undone in your hands

Thread by thread

You understand

Pull me apart

Slow and quiet

Name every scar

Don’t deny it

I come undone in your hands

Like you planned

Like you planned


[Verse 2]

Lip print on glassware

Water still warm

You read my notebook

Weather my storm

You say

“stay over”

I say

“I might”

Then lose my reasons

In the soft of your light


[Chorus]


[Bridge]

Button on the floor

Heartbeat in your mouth

You keep asking

“more?”

I keep pouring out

If this is the end

Let it end like this

Half-spoken secrets

Full-body kiss


[Chorus]

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