Takes

Lyrics

[verse]

I learned to guard the door before I learned to speak

The house was quiet in the way that quiet means don't ask

I watched two people break the promise they had made

And swore I'd never wear my heart out on my sleeve

[chorus]

So this is why I flinch when love gets close

This is why I count the exits in every room I know

It's not you, it's the ghost of what came before

Teaching me to brace before I even walk through the door

[verse]

I used to lie awake and listen through the wall

For voices raised in anger, for the sound of something falling

Now I check your face for weather like I'm still that girl

Waiting for the storm that always used to come

[chorus]

So this is why I flinch when love gets close

This is why I count the exits in every room I know

It's not you, it's the ghost of what came before

Teaching me to brace before I even walk through the door

[bridge]

I don't want to hand my daughter this same fear

I don't want her flinching at a raised voice near

So I'm trying, I'm untangling the wire in my chest

Learning that your steady hands are not a test

[chorus]

So this is why I flinch when love gets close

This is why I count the exits in every room I know

It's not you, it's the ghost of what came before

But I'm learning how to stay, I'm learning how to want more

Model notes (creation log)

**🎵 Total generation time (1 song): 8.68s**
- 8.68s per song
- DiT phase (1 song): 8.68s

**🔧 Total processing time (1 song): 4.10s**
- to MP3 (1 song): 4.10s