[Intro — Muted Guitar Pulse, Clock Tick, Tense Drums]

[Verse 1]
A receipt fell from your winter coat:
Two drinks, a stranger's name below.
A friend had seen you leave the bar,
I drove that rumour home too far.
You missed my call at half past ten.
At midnight I called once again.
By one, the ceiling pressed me down;
I made that scrap a guilty sound.

[Pre-Chorus]
I built a case from borrowed clues,
Before you had a chance to speak,
Made every pause confirm my view;
My pen passed sentence while you slept.

[Chorus]
The letter folded twice,
First in anger, then in fright.
I made a rumour sound airtight,
Put every doubt in black and white.
Then found my own name in the lie:
The letter folded twice.

[Verse 2]
At dawn you called from Anna's floor;
Her father's car had stalled at four.
The drinks were hers; the print below
Belonged to someone I didn't know.
You asked me why my voice was cold.
I said, “Just tired,” and gripped the phone.
Beside me, eight hard lines of blame
Waited underneath your name.

[Pre-Chorus]
I crossed them out until the sheet
Was black from edge to ragged crease.
Then underneath, in smaller hand,
I wrote what I had never planned.

[Chorus]
The letter folded twice,
First in anger, then in fright.
I made a rumour sound airtight,
Put every doubt in black and white.
Then found my own name in the lie:
The letter folded twice.

[Drum Break — Half-Time, Paper Tear]

[Bridge]
“I'm scared,” I wrote, “when I don't know.
I shut you out before you speak.
You never gave me cause to go.
I leave before you can leave me.”

[Breakdown]
No other lover. No back room.
One cheap receipt, your damp perfume.
No second life for me to find;
Only the one I wrote that night.

[Final Chorus]
The letter folded twice,
Once like anger, once like ice.
I could have placed it in your hand;
Instead I smiled and let it hide.
The first crack started on my side:
The letter folded twice.

[Outro — Clock Tick, Guitar Pulse Fading]
Two creases cross the words I wrote,
Two pale lines through a page of blame.
I fold it shut and clear my throat,
Then answer you and sound the same.