Song Cover Image

If I Can’t Be Loved, Let Me Be Needed

STUDIO

[Verse 1] Late light shaking on a cheap hotel wall, heels by the door, phone on call. I fix my face like I always do, make myself soft enough for you. Some girls want roses. Some girls want forever. I just want someone who won’t forget my name. Tell me— when you reach for me tonight, is it need, or just the same old ache? [Pre-Chorus] I know the difference between love and damage. Still— I open up the room. If you’ve got nowhere to put your breaking, I can make a little space for you. [Chorus] Come need me for a minute. Come lean on me tonight. Even if your hands are shaking for the wrong reasons, I’ll hold them right. If I can’t be your answer, let me be where you land. Just don’t walk out like I was nothing— like I was never there. [Verse 2] Lipstick fading on a paper cup, the city outside still lit up. Your voice goes low, like you might stay, like maybe hurt has a price to pay. I’m not asking for the whole world. Not asking for a diamond ring. Just let me matter when you’re falling apart. Let me be something to somebody. [Pre-Chorus 2] You call it temporary. I call it surviving. Either way, you’re here with me. And for a second, in the half-dark, I almost look like what I need to be. [Chorus] Come need me for a minute. Come lean on me tonight. Even if your hands are shaking for the wrong reasons, I’ll hold them right. If I can’t be your answer, let me be where you land. Just don’t walk out like I was nothing— like I was never there. [Bridge] Don’t say forever. I don’t believe it. Don’t say love if you don’t mean that word. Just stay long enough to make the silence kinder. Long enough to let my chest unclench. Maybe I’m borrowed. Maybe I’m chosen. Maybe both can hurt the same. But if you need me, even for an hour, I can live inside that flame. [Final Chorus] Come need me for a minute. Come undo me gently. If I’m only good for your worst nights, then let that be enough for me. If I can’t be your future, let me be your relief. Just don’t leave me feeling faceless in the sheets and neon heat. [Outro] Somebody, somewhere, say my name like they mean it.