First Kiss Prayer
R&B with 90s hip-hop swing, slow boom-bap drums, warm Rhodes chords, soft sub bass, and airy synth pads; verse rides close-mic confessions with hushed doubles, pre-chorus strips to keys and snapped rim clicks, chorus opens with stacked harmonies and a mournful hook, bridge drops to half-time with filtered vocal ad-libs and a vinyl crackle swell before the final lift. Intimate, glossy, and emotionally raw, dramatic, hip hop, r&b, sad
First Kiss Prayer
R&B with 90s hip-hop swing, slow boom-bap drums, warm Rhodes chords, soft sub bass, and airy synth pads; verse rides close-mic confessions with hushed doubles, pre-chorus strips to keys and snapped rim clicks, chorus opens with stacked harmonies and a mournful hook, bridge drops to half-time with filtered vocal ad-libs and a vinyl crackle swell before the final lift. Intimate, glossy, and emotionally raw, dramatic, hip hop, r&b, sad
Lyrics
Verse 1
I hide my hands from the mirror
Can’t stand what I done tonight
I’m scared to call it forever
Scared of that holy light
If I reach for the edge, God sees me
And I hate that I know He would
Still I’m falling apart in pieces
Wanting to be good
Pre-Chorus
You found me before the red ran dry
Eyes wide like, “baby, why?”
I said “I’m fine” with a broken smile
But you knew it ain’t alright
Chorus
Don’t let me go
Don’t let me go
I’m holding on for you
Don’t let me go
Don’t let me go
I’m trying to make it through
(through, through)
I want to change tonight
I want to stay alive
Don’t let me go
Don’t let me go
Verse 2
I can’t tell you what my heart wants
’Cause you pray in a different name
And the truth in my throat keeps choking
Every time I say your name
You’re my safe place and my ruin
My almost, my never, my maybe
I keep breaking my own reflection
Then blaming the pain for saving
Pre-Chorus
You said, “look at me, breathe in slow”
Like you knew where the darkness goes
I wanted to tell you everything
But my voice said, “no, no, no”
Chorus
Don’t let me go
Don’t let me go
I’m holding on for you
Don’t let me go
Don’t let me go
I’m trying to make it through
(through, through)
I want to change tonight
I want to stay alive
Don’t let me go
Don’t let me go
Bridge
If I could kneel and not feel ashamed
If I could say your name and mean the same
I’d trade these cuts for a softer skin
I’d let your light come in
I’m tired of losing
I’m tired of the war
I don’t want to hurt me
I want something more
(more, more)
Chorus
Don’t let me go
Don’t let me go
I’m holding on for you
Don’t let me go
Don’t let me go
I’m trying to make it through
(through, through)
I want to change tonight
I want to stay alive
Don’t let me go
Don’t let me go