[Intro — Orchestral + Choir (soft strings, a single piano motif)]
(Whisper: Under the hush... 숨겨진 사랑)
[Verse 1: Her]
On the cola-stained bench where we split a soda in June,
Your laugh sketched on the rim like a sun that won't move.
You borrowed my scarf when the subway stung cold —
your shoulder in winter light, a story I hold.
The scent of your shampoo lingers on my coat,
A small, dumb tether I tuck in my throat.
I memorize freckles like constellations on skin,
A map of the nights I never let begin.
[Pre-Chorus: Her — strings lift, intimate]
When violins lift our silence I almost say your name,
But the hush is heavy and I'm too tame.
My heart rehearses lines it never sends,
Fading to hush where childhood ends.
[Verse 2: Him]
I keep the old pact under the maple tree—
a promise to be brothers, to never change what we be.
If I speak, I could scatter the photograph on the shelf,
Lose the easy morning, lose the someone who knows myself.
I watch you tie your laces, pretend I don't feel the pull;
Afraid one honest word will make the world unspool.
I count the costs like coins in a jar: the jokes, the late-night calls,
One confession may topple every brick in our walls.
[Pre-Chorus: Him — lower register, steady rhythm]
When cellos hum and the chorus breathes, I nearly tip the scale,
But I think of what we break if a truth should fail.
So I swallow the map, fold the edge of the page,
Keep our childhood safe in an unread cage.
[Chorus: Both — Choir joins, full orchestral swell]
(Anchor / Hook) Under the hush — Under the hush, (숨겨진 사랑)
Loving you in secret, we walk the same road hush to hush.
Two hands on the frame but never the door,
Two hearts in the room, both wanting more.
Under the hush — Under the hush, (choir echoes)
We keep it quiet so the old things won't crush.
Loving you in secret, soft as a vow,
When violins rise, we don't let them show how.
[Post-Chorus — Choir echo / girls' choir (brief)]
Under the hush — naege mareul... (I keep my words)
[Verse 3: Her — more immediate, sensory snapshots]
You taste like peppermint gum after the midnight bus,
You hum the same radio song that used to make us blush.
Your wristwatch scratched from that night we ran through rain;
I still keep the splatter from when you shared your pain.
The locker note that said "be brave" is folded in my phone,
I trace the handwriting like a place I could call home.
[Verse 4: Him — regretful, concrete stakes]
I remember the treehouse, the pact we made at thirteen,
If I say I love you, will I steal the in-between?
Will your mother's smile at me tilt into surprised,
Will the kids at reunions say we crossed some line?
I imagine losing laughter that sounded like our track,
Wearing silence like armor, never looking back.
[Pre-Chorus: Both — voices intertwine, choir breathes beneath]
Our private rehearsals fold into the dark,
Two shadows close but neither starts.
We pass the day like pages still unturned,
Two friends on a fire, quietly burned.
[Chorus: Both — Choir fuller, strings swelled, motif st
