LOvE dOn’t hUrt whEN I’M hiGh

(soft, smooth runs)

Late nights, I feel the echo of your goodbye

Glass in my hand, clouds in the sky

Driftin’ through memories I can’t deny

But up here, it don’t sting, I don’t cry

(ad-libs: “mmm yeah… ohh”)

Light up and I’m floatin’ through the pain

Feelin’ like I’ll never break again

Your name in the smoke, but it fade away

You don’t hurt when I fly away

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(rise with high-pitched vocals and vocal runs)

Ooh, when I’m numb, I’m free, I’m light

I see your face, but it don’t bite

I feel the beat take over time

My soul lift up to neon skies

(ad-libs: “ahh, whoa whoa, yeah yeah”)

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Love don’t hurt when I’m high

You, you, you — umm, umm, ahh

Huh, whoo, woo — flyin’ past the lies

You, you, you — umm, umm, ahh

Love don’t burn, I don’t cry

(You know, you know, whoa whoa)

When I’m up in the sky, so high

You can’t touch me now — whoo, woo, fly

(big vocal riffs, melisma on “you” and “ahh,” falsetto riffs on “whoo woo”)

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(more rhythmic, bouncier delivery)

Back then, your words used to cut deep

Now I’m vibin’ somewhere past sleep

Rose gold haze in my rearview

Ain’t no love, just the truth I flew

(ad-libs: “yeah yeah, no no, mmm”)

You kept me chained in that gravity

But now the clouds keep carryin’ me

Gone from the pain, I’m finally free

Can’t feel a thing — it’s ecstasy

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(higher energy, more layered vocals)

Ooh, when the stars align just right

I float away, I blur the fight

You were the weight, but now I glide

Gone too far to feel your bite

(runs: “ooooh yeah yeahh, uh huh, ayy ayy”)

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Love don’t hurt when I’m high

You, you, you — umm, umm, ahh

Huh, whoo, woo — can’t say goodbye

You, you, you — umm, umm, ahh

Can’t break me, I’m too wide

(You know, you know, whoa whoa)

Feelin’ light in the sky, so high

Touchin’ the divine — whoo, woo, fly

(more ad-libs: “ooh you, you got no power here — uh huh, yeah yeah”)

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(falsetto and echoing background vocals)

Up here I see me (ooh-oh)

Not the one you tried to keep (no no)

High enough to finally breathe

I’m not broken, I’m released

(runs and riffs layering into chorus)

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Love don’t hurt when I’m high

You, you, you — umm, umm, ahh

Huh, whoo, woo — say goodbye

You, you, you — umm, umm, ahh

I rise and I shine

You know, you know, whoa whoa

This love can’t confine — so high

Just me and the sky — whoo, woo, fly

(crazy vocal runs, high-pitched melisma, final “flyyyyy” held in falsetto)