[Male: smoky baritone rap-sung; Female: airy quiet-storm mezzo]
[Intro: Male low, near-spoken; sparse keys]
So you say you’re done talking
And that you should be walking
Walking out my door
But it occurred to me
To take a look and see
Why you were doing this to me
Apparently you had a spare
Another love I was unaware
How could you dare
How could you dare
[Verse 1: Male, cinematic low rap-soul, exposed confession]
Give my love to someone else
I did my best
My best
To give you anything you wanted
Except my heart
All you needed was my heart
That’s all you wanted from the start
Yep
I messed
It all up
You definitely had enough
Of what I was doing
Proving
How much of a fool I am
What a fool I am
I didn’t know how
Like I know now
To give you every part of me
I should’ve gave you every part of me
[Pre-Chorus: Male remorse, Female gentle responses, pulse deepens]
Maybe you leaving wouldn’t be on the
agenda
I’m just pretending
Believing
That you leaving
Is a figment of my imagination
That you could even have the consideration
Of not preventing
My shattered soul to go
In the wind to blow
[Chorus 1: airy female opening, smoky male answers]
[Female]
Slow
Slow
[Male]
We’re slow burning
We’re slow burning
[Female]
We’re burning slow
You’ll never know
The pain I know
[Male]
Watching us slow burning
[Both]
Burning
Burning
Were slow burning
Slow burning
[Verse 2: Female intimate lead, Male low replies, slow groove]
Lost my effort
Maybe it would’ve been better
If I left
Who would’ve guessed
That this would be us
Seconds before becoming nothing but dust
What’s the rush
The rush
To our destruction
It would mean so much
If you’d reconsider
The surrender
Of your heart
To another
[Chorus 2: male lead, female intimate answers]
[Male]
Slow
Slow
We’re slow burning
We’re slow burning
[Female]
We’re burning slow
You’ll never know
The pain I know
Watching us slow burning
[Both]
Burning
Burning
Were slow burning
Slow burning
[Bridge: Female fragile confession, Male textured echoes, instruments thin]
This isn’t how we end
I’ll pretend
It never happened
You actually
Hurting me so badly
Leave me here sadly
Crying
Trying
To figure out
What all your lying was about
[Chorus 3: alternate leads, intimate blend only at end]
[Female]
Slow
Slow
[Male]
We’re slow burning
We’re slow burning
[Female]
We’re burning slow
[Male]
You’ll never know
The pain I know
[Female]
Watching us slow burning
[Both]
Burning
Burning
Were slow burning
Slow burning
[Outro: separate intimate voices, fade unresolved]
I’ll forgive you
Because it’s true
In everything you do
No matter what you do
I’ll be here loving you
Loving you
Loving you
Because it’s true
I’ll never stop loving you
Loving you
I’ll never stop loving you
We’re slow burning
Watching us burn slow
We’re slow burning