Night That Would Not Pass

**[Verse 1]**
He had a plan he did not trust, a timing he called fate,
A glance across the crowded hall, a pause that came too late.
A whisper almost left his mouth, then folded back inside,
He told himself it was a crush that time would set aside.

**[Verse 2]**
She passed him once; his speech went thin; he stepped outside for air.
A nod, a wave, an easy exit—then two days of staying there.
He prayed the heat would thin and cool, the way the others had,
Yet every hour it thickened still, and made the quiet bad.

**[Chorus]**
I want to hold you close, your pulse against my chest,
Lie still, and let the room go dim; this closeness feels like rest.
I want to hold you close until the distance comes apart—
And in that hush I almost say I want to tear you apart.

**[Verse 3]**
He crossed the floor and spoke at last, eyes sliding off her face.
Their hands met once and did not move; the talk turned slow with grace.
They thought of rules and aftermath, of what a night might cost,
Then lips met once, and caution thinned, and something else was lost.

**[Bridge]**
Whether an evening or a name that lasts beyond the door,
He wanted more than he could name and could not want her less.
A little like became a need that would not keep its place.

**[Chorus]**
I want to hold you close, your pulse against my chest,
Lie still, and let the room go dim; this closeness feels like rest.
I want to hold you close until the distance comes apart—
And in that hush I almost say I want to tear you apart.

**[Outro]**
The second was brief. The feeling was not.
He stands in what remains and does not know what should be done.