[Intro, soft piano, very short] [Female whisper] Do not say it. [Male whisper] I know. [Verse 1, Male Vocal] I stand two steps behind your throne, a shield they think is made of stone. But every breath you hide from me could bring a kingdom to its knees. I know the law, I know the line, your crown can never call you mine. Yet when you look and turn away, I lose the war I cannot say. [Verse 2, Female Vocal] I wear the realm upon my skin, gold and duty closing in. They fear my voice, they praise my name, but you still find the woman in the flame. You are the hand I must not take, the vow my silence cannot break. If I let love become my need, a thousand loyal hearts may bleed. [Pre Chorus, Duet] [Male] If I step closer, they will see. [Female] If I look longer, I am lost. [Both] So we bury what we are beneath the crown and all its cost. [Chorus, Duet] Don’t say it. Let the silence keep us safe. Don’t breathe it, or the court will learn your name. This love could burn the throne, this love could break the shield. So hold me only in the dark where nothing has to yield. Don’t say it. But love me anyway. [Bridge, quiet harmony] [Female] If I were only yours tonight, I would forget the crown. [Male] If I were only man tonight, I would lay my armor down. [Both] But dawn has eyes, and walls have ears. So we stand apart and call it strength, while breaking through the years. [Final Chorus, Duet, strings swell] Don’t say it. Let the silence keep us safe. Don’t breathe it, or the world will know our shame. This love could burn the throne, this love could break the shield. So hold me only in the dark where nothing has to yield. Don’t say it. But love me anyway. [Outro, soft piano, very short] [Female whisper] Do not say it. [Male whisper] I never had to.