Paper Hearts & Coffee Stains

Verse 1
You left your cup on the windowsill
Half gone, but it’s warmer still
Like you knew I’d come back for it
Even if I tried to quit

There’s a note in your messy hand
Drawn in lines I don’t understand
But I keep it in my coat
Like a word you never spoke

Pre-Chorus
And I don’t know where this goes
But I’m scared to let it go

Chorus
‘Cause we’re paper hearts and coffee stains
Spilling out in messy ways
And I’d tape us up a thousand times
If it means you’d still be mine

I’m no good at letting go
I just build what I don’t know
And if we fall apart again
I’ll rebuild us in the end

Verse 2
You laugh like it’s all a joke
But I hear it when your voice goes broke
Like there’s something underneath
That you’re scared to show to me

And I’m not good with perfect lines
Or saying things at the right time
But I’ll stay when it gets hard
Even with a fragile heart

Pre-Chorus
And I know we bend, we break
But we’re stronger in the cracks we make

Chorus
‘Cause we’re paper hearts and coffee stains
Spilling out in messy ways
And I’d tape us up a thousand times
If it means you’d still be mine

I’m no good at letting go
I just build what I don’t know
And if we fall apart again
I’ll rebuild us in the end

Bridge (soft, intimate, almost spoken)
If all we are is bits and pieces
Held together by what we believe in
Then I’ll keep believing
Even when it’s barely holding

Final Chorus (slightly bigger, layered harmonies)
Yeah, we’re paper hearts and coffee stains
Learning love in borrowed ways
And I’d hold you through the in-between
Of everything we’ve never been

I’m no good at letting go
But you’re the only home I know
And if we fall apart again
I’ll rebuild us in the end

Outro (gentle, fading acoustic)
Just rebuild us in the end
Like we always said we can

Tenor male Acoustic folk-pop with loop pedal elements, soft guitar picking, and intimate vocals