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Carry Me for Once

Female Vocal Melodic Dubstep
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[Intro]
My palms are brackets on the dark
Breath held thin; I hold the room in place

[Verse 1]
I brace the hallway, shoulder to the frame
Knuckles white along a midnight rail
Everyone leans; I make no sound
Mouth full of breath I never let out

[Build]
I learned the math of falling—bend, don't break
Hands out, counting breaths until they ache
There's a tremor in my arms that says I'm done
I'm letting go

[Chorus]
Carry me for once
I've been two hands under every storm
Let my body be the weight you want
I won't hold my breath; I'll soften in your arms
Let me be the one who doesn't have to brace
Carry me for once (carry me for once)

[Drop]

[Verse 2]
I've slept upright, back against the door
Palms crescent-marked from all the catching
Every grief has leaned and left its score
Tonight I tilt—and I don't correct the fall

[Build 2]
Put your hands under my ribs, not above
Tell me with the lift, not words, that I'm safe
Hold for five, then flood me back with breath
I'm done being steel; I'm ready to be weight
Now

[Chorus 2]
Carry me for once
I've been two hands under every storm
Let my body be the weight you want
I won't hold my breath; I'll soften in your arms
Say I'm the one who doesn't have to brace
Carry me for once (carry me for once)

[Drop 2]

[Breakdown]
I stop bracing; I go soft where I was wire
Your hands are the floor; I breathe out slow

[Final Build]
Count me in—two, three—I'm weightless on the four
Your hands under me like low tide lifting piers
My ribs unlatch; air pours where I was sore
Say it again till muscle memory learns
Carry me for once

[Final Drop]

[Outro]
Carry me for once
I breathe the space I used to hold

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