You're Pushing My Buttons
Broken Trust
An old love back at the door after five years of silence, and the walls he has to climb before it opens. About making someone earn the way back in, and opening the gate only from the inside.
Five years later and you're back at my door Mmm… you really think it's that easy? Let's see what you got…
Look who's back from the dead, textin' "I've been thinkin'" Five years of silence, now you wanna start speakin' I left you on read for a week, watched you sweat it Changed all my passwords, baby — hope you don't forget it You used to have the access, then you threw away the key Now you at the gate again, beggin' on one knee So I'ma make you work for it, run you through the maze Cold one day, warm the next — keep you in a haze 'Cause talk is cheap and I done heard it all before You want back in my heart? Then earn it at the door
I'll move the goalpost just to see if you'll stay Throw you a riddle, watch you find your way
I'ma play these games, see if you really mean it Put a lock on my love, let's see if you can beat it 'Cause the last time I let you in, you broke the whole thing down So prove it, baby, prove it — show me you're around I'll make it hard, make you climb every wall Make you earn the handshake or don't come at all But if you do it right, if you pass every test… Maybe I'll grant the access — maybe you're the best
First test: showed up sober, showed up on the time No more empty promises, no more borrowed lines I went cold in December — you ain't run away Sent the flowers, kept it steady, showed up every day I threw the curveball, told you "I don't think we should" You said "I'll wait as long as it takes, 'cause I know that we could" No pressure in your patience, no games in your reply Just consistent, just honest — first time I saw you try I been watchin' from the tower, decryptin' what is real And the data don't lie, baby… startin' to feel
Damn… you actually did it Every wall I built, you climbed it slow Didn't break the door — you waited till I opened it myself Two-factor on my heart, and you held both the keys The right words and the time… you finally got to me I'm not playin' no more — the firewall's comin' down You took the long way in, and now you wear the crown
No more games, baby, you really meant it Put a lock on my love and you finally beat it 'Cause this time when you knocked, you didn't break it down You stayed, you proved it, turned my whole world around You did it right, you climbed every wall You earned the handshake, you didn't fall And now I'm grantin' access, openin' the gate You took the long way home… and baby, you weren't late
Access granted… Welcome back, baby The gate opened from the inside this time 'Cause you finally knew the password… patience