you think it's a crush
Indie pop ballad featuring breathy female vocals and a prominent acoustic guitar. The arrangement begins with palm-muted acoustic guitar strumming and a steady kick drum pulse. A clean electric guitar enters with melodic lead lines and ambient swells. The bass guitar plays melodic, syncopated lines that lock with the kick. The production features heavy reverb on the vocals and occasional vocal layering for harmony. The tempo is 82 BPM in the key of G major. The bridge introduces a more aggressive vocal delivery and increased dynamic intensity with crashing cymbals and driving percussion before returning to a stripped-back final section.
you think it's a crush
Indie pop ballad featuring breathy female vocals and a prominent acoustic guitar. The arrangement begins with palm-muted acoustic guitar strumming and a steady kick drum pulse. A clean electric guitar enters with melodic lead lines and ambient swells. The bass guitar plays melodic, syncopated lines that lock with the kick. The production features heavy reverb on the vocals and occasional vocal layering for harmony. The tempo is 82 BPM in the key of G major. The bridge introduces a more aggressive vocal delivery and increased dynamic intensity with crashing cymbals and driving percussion before returning to a stripped-back final section.
Lyrics
i didn’t even see you there
just another name in the air
numbers climbing, faces blur
didn’t think you’d feel it first
but you found your way through the noise
through the static in my voice
now you’re stuck inside the sound
yeah, i feel you hanging ‘round
you say it hits you like that
like i’m crawling through your skin
play me over, play me back
like you’re tryna let me in
but it’s not that fair
you don’t know what’s in my head
every note that you’re hearing
comes from things i never said
you’re fallin’ for a voice
but you don’t know the void
yeah i pull you in close
just to keep you paranoid
i can make you feel seen
from the other side of a screen
yeah you’re hooked on every word
but you don’t know what i mean
you don’t even know me
but i got you like this
late night, headphones on
yeah you’re chasing my fix
you like the way i sound
in the dark, in your room
like i’m right behind you
but i vanish too soon
you think it’s a crush
but it’s more like a pull
i don’t sing just to love you
i sing ‘cause i’m full
of the things i don’t show
of the parts i don’t give
yeah you’re feeling me deep
but you don’t know how i live
i see you memorising lines
like they’re yours, not mine
like you’re tracing every scar
through a voice you can’t find
and if you showed up one day
would you still feel the same?
when the lights hit my face
and i don’t sound the same
would you stay for the silence
for the girl off the track
or just love the version
that you can play back?
you’re fallin’ for a voice
but you don’t have a choice
yeah i built it that way
every break, every noise
i don’t even know you
but i got you like this
caught up in a feeling
you don’t wanna resist
you like the way i sound
but it’s never the truth
it’s the cleanest lie i got
when i’m bleeding in the booth
you think it’s a crush
yeah, you’re climbing the walls
but if i let you too close
would you stay through it all?
…still—
i hear the way you listen
yeah, i see it in the proof
the way you hold my songs
like i wrote ‘em just for you
maybe i play it distant
maybe i keep it cool
but don’t get it twisted—
yeah… you kinda cute too