Friends Don't

An awkward closeness borrowed from friendship: warmth nearby, and yet it feels as if everything is on pause. Words are whispered so quietly that all you can do is watch - with your eyes, your lips, the edge of your palm; everything important happens outside the official rules. The chorus works like a half-whispered confession: you know there will be pain, but you play along anyway - because the forbidden always tastes sweeter.

There is also a pinch of self-irony: ‘friends don't’ sounds like a prohibition, then like an excuse. For those nights when you want to be close without any guarantees - and give in a little to your own weakness.