[Intro]

［Verse 1］

I learned to flinch before the hand came down

Love was a word that wore a frown

She fed me silence, starved my name

And left me burning for a flame

［Verse 2］

Then you came through the alley smoke

With a velvet voice and a velvet cloak

You held me like I'd never been held

And I forgot the cage I knew so well

［Pre-Chorus］

I know your touch is borrowed

I know your warmth won't stay

But even stolen sunlight

Can keep the dark away

［Chorus］

You give me what you can — in the shadows, in the cracks

A kiss that tastes like freedom, a hand I can't get back

You don't love me, darling, but you make me feel so real

And I'll take your hollow kindness

'Cause it's all I've ever kneeled for

［Verse 3］

You only come when the moon is low

Where no one sees and no one knows

Your eyes are soft, your voice is kind

But I see the exit in your mind

［Pre-Chorus］

I know your words are borrowed

I know your heart won't stay

But even fake devotion

Can keep the wolves away

［Chorus］

You give me what you can — in the shadows, in the cracks

A kiss that tastes like freedom, a hand I can't get back

You don't love me, darling, but you make me feel so real

And I'll take your hollow kindness

'Cause it's all I've ever kneeled for

［Bridge］

What if I am not afraid to fall?

What if I don't care if you mean it at all?

I was raised on crumbs and silence

I know how to survive on almost nothing

And almost you is still more

Than I ever had before

［Final Chorus (softer, broken)］

You give me what you can — and I take it every time

A flicker in the dark, a whisper of a lie

You don't love me, darling, but you make me feel so real

And I'll keep your hollow kindness

'Cause it's the only warmth I feelHollow kindness…

But it's warm…

And I'm cold…

So I'll take it…

Every time.