Let the Stitches Show

[Verse 1]
You came in laughing with a split-lip grin,
I let your name crawl under my skin.
Now every heartbeat pulls a bright red thread,
A little more alive, a little more bled.

[Pre-Chorus]
You say, “Stay close,” and I do, though it stings;
Love is a mouth with a hundred small wings.

[Chorus]
I love you like a heart turned inside out,
Tender as a bruise, too loud to doubt.
You stitch me up, then pull the seam,
I ache, I bloom, I bite the dream.
If joy has teeth, let it chew through me—
I want your hands where the hurt should be.

[Verse 2]
We share one coat in the cold by the shop,
Your thumb on my pulse till the tremors stop.
I keep your voice in the hollow of bone,
A warm little creature that won’t leave alone.

[Pre-Chorus]
You say, “Stay close,” and I do, though it stings;
Love is a mouth with a hundred small wings.

[Chorus]
I love you like a heart turned inside out,
Tender as a bruise, too loud to doubt.
You stitch me up, then pull the seam,
I ache, I bloom, I bite the dream.
If joy has teeth, let it chew through me—
I want your hands where the hurt should be.

[Bridge]
When you go, the quiet grows a second face,
It wears your smile in the wrong place.
Come back, come close, let the stitches show—
I’d rather hurt with you than heal alone.

[Final Chorus]
I love you like a heart turned inside out,
Tender as a bruise, too loud to doubt.
You stitch me up, then pull the seam,
I ache, I bloom, I bite the dream.
If joy has teeth, let it chew through me—
I want your hands where the hurt should be.

[Outro]
Stay close. Stay close.
Let the stitches show.