Love or Hate?

Lyrics

[Intro - distant reversed pads, sub-bass swell, ghostly male vocal chops]
Mm-mm
Oh-oh
In this endless dark, I still hear you

[Verse 1 - sparse future bass pulse, fractured synth plucks, intimate male vocal]
I’m sorry how it all turned out this way
I never wanted us to fight or stray
Especially over things not ours to weigh
We talked of happiness with no one in the way

If I was hidden from your family’s sight
Then no one else should know or hold that right
Not someone set against our shared light
You listened to her, couldn’t choose the fight

Your true feelings showed when no one was around
That love was real, on that sacred ground
It wasn’t forced, in that peace we found
Easy when we tried, with no hospital’s sound

[Chorus - soaring melodic lift, heavy sidechained bass, layered harmonies]
Why would you want it to be like this
Why say those mean things, seal it with a kiss
Why are you doing this, tell me what I miss
How could hate grow from a love like this

[Verse 2 - darker synth texture, pulsing 808s, breathy but aching vocal]
You were so sweet, I was happiest then
My first kiss, dream girl, again and again
I never forgot your smile through the years
Or the memory of your eyes, calming fears

I never felt that way with anyone
Until we met when forty years were done
That same old feeling when we’ve just begun
Every kiss still feels like the very first one

[Pre-Chorus - tension rising, vocal stack building, shimmering risers]
That feeling’s real, it wasn’t ever planned
I still believe it’s by God’s own hand
I love you more than anything in this land
I miss you now, you must understand

[Chorus - explosive drop, wide synth lead, emotional male belts]
Why would you want it to be like this
Why say those mean things, seal it with a kiss
Why are you doing this, tell me what I miss
How could hate grow from a love like this

[Bridge - stripped back piano, airy pads, vulnerable near-whisper]
I love you more than anything I know
I miss you so my heart is breaking slow
This torture is a never-ending night
When it should be our heaven shining bright

[Final Chorus - biggest drop, soaring topline, distorted bass, full emotional release]
It was easy when we both were trying
Before the hurt before the crying
Now nothing’s stopping us but you
Why would you want this to be true

Remember how you felt when we were near
Give us a chance, there’s nothing left to fear
We can’t change what has passed and gone
We start our future from this moment on

Please talk to me, dear, be nice again
Please talk to me, dear, be nice again

[Outro - fading glitch echoes, reversed vocal tail, ethereal reverb]
Be nice to me again please
In this unknown universe, I’m still here all alone and your no where to be shown.