(SOFT PIANO INTRO, SLOW BEAT)
(VERSE 1 - FEMALE, SOULFUL, REFLECTIVE)
Sunset paints the pier in gold, like that summer long ago.
Your laugh cuts through the evening cold, a melody I shouldn't know.
We said goodbye, turned separate ways, built lives on shifting sand.
Yet here we stand in this familiar haze, your hesitant touch on my hand.
These stolen coffees, late-night drives... ghosts of what we planned.
Pretending distance truly thrives, while clinging to this shifting land.
(CHORUS - BOTH, HARMONIZING, EMOTIONAL)
Why does Calab feel like home again? (Like home again)
These walls remember where we've been. (Oh, where we've been)
We tore the page, we closed the book,
But every stolen, secret look...
BOTH: It's not fair to them... (No, it's not fair)
MALE: But love is bigger...
FEMALE: ...Than what we can control.
BOTH: This fire won't leave us cold, Calab knows our soul.
(VERSE 2 - MALE, RASPY, REGRETFUL)
My new place feels just like a stage, reciting someone else's lines.
Her smile can't turn a different page, erase your shadow in these signs.
We broke 'cause timing played us wrong, ambition pulled us far apart.
Promised myself to just be strong... but Calab breaks my guarded heart.
One call, you're here, the world dissolves, a dangerous, familiar art.
This fragile peace the past absolves, tearing the future right apart.
(CHORUS - BOTH, MORE INTENSE)
Why does Calab feel like home again? (It calls us back)
These walls remember where we've been. (Can't fight the pull)
We tore the page, we closed the book,
But every stolen, secret look...
BOTH: It's not fair to them... (Hurting them so)
FEMALE: But love is bigger...
MALE: ...Than what we can control.
BOTH: This fire won't leave us cold, Calab knows our soul.
(BRIDGE - DIALOGUE OVER PIANO)
FEMALE: (Whispered) We *should* walk away... for good this time.
MALE: (Strained) I know... I know the cost, the tangled web we weave.
FEMALE: (Tearful) Then why... why can't I breathe when you just leave?
MALE: (Raw) Because this pull... it's deeper than a choice, deeper than the lies we tell.
FEMALE: It's burning brighter in your voice...
MALE: ...And in this private, shared Calabian hell.
(FINAL CHORUS - BOTH, POWERFUL, THEN FADING)
Calab *is* our home again! (Our only truth)
These walls *know* where we've been! (They hold the proof!)
We tore the page, we closed the book,
But every stolen, secret look...
BOTH: It's not fair to them... (We whisper low)
FEMALE: But love is bigger...
MALE: ...Than what we can control.
BOTH: This fire won't leave us cold...
FEMALE: (Ad-lib, fading) Calab holds us...
MALE: (Ad-lib, fading) ...Body and soul...
BOTH: ...Bigger than control... (Just Calab knows...)
(MUSIC FADES WITH PIANO & BEAT, LEAVING ONLY THE ECHO)
