Nowhere to hide

[intro]

[Verse 1]
I felt it start before you said a word 
That shift in the room, that familiar feeling 
I told myself I’d handle it better... 
But I went quiet again tonight.
I know that look, I’ve seen it before... 
Half disappointed, half annoyed 
You didn’t shout, you didn’t fight 
You just let me close off inside

[Pre-Chorus]
Like I’ve lived this all before 
I hear it in my own voice (voice) 
I don’t even argue anymore

[Chorus]
Now there’s nowhere to hide (nowhere to hide) 
When I already know the signs 
I’ve walked this line 
A hundred times 
I say I’ll change 
I swear I’ll try 
But I fall apart the same way 
There’s nowhere left to hide

[Verse 2]
I replay everything I've said 
The tone, the pause, the things I left unsaid 
I felt it slipping out of place 
And still I watched you drift away
You ask me what’s going on 
I say “nothing” and move along 
It’s easier to shut it down 
Than risk letting you see me now

[Pre-Chorus]
I tell myself I’ll fix this soon 
Like I always do

[Chorus]
Now there’s nowhere to hide (nowhere to hide) 
When I already know the signs 
I’ve walked this line 
A hundred times 
I say I’ll change 
I swear I’ll try 
But I fall the same way 
There’s nowhere to hide

[Bridge]
I told myself this time it’ll be different 
But I already know I won’t fight it 
I just let it happen like I always do (I know)
Every time I say it’s different 
Every time it never is (never is)

[Final Chorus: emotionally fragile clean belt, layered female harmonies only, heavy instrumentation but restrained delivery, exposed and vulnerable tone]
Now there’s nowhere to hide (nowhere to hide) 
Not from this (this) 
Not from me (me) 
I know why 
You look at me different now 
I say I’ll change 
I swear I’ll try 
But I fall the same way 
Every time
There’s nowhere to hide (There’s nowhere to hide)

[end]