What “Party 4 U” by Charli XCX Feels Like (Version 2)

I hope your hands never leave my waist,  
not even at the party,  
when the room fills with noise and strangers,  
and I pretend I’m fine without you.  

I hope you still find me,  
eyes locked like magnets,  
like we’re the only ones who know what this really is.  

I hope you hold my hand when the music gets too loud,  
when laughter feels hollow and the drinks blur the edges.  

I hope you don’t let me drift away from you,  
just to prove a point.
I don’t have the courage to say but I always hoped you did.
I hope you pull me back when I walk away,  
pull me closer like the secrets that you keep,  
like you’ve been waiting all night for the moment  
where we stop pretending we’re just friends.  

And when we step outside,  
into the cold silence of the street,  
I hope you don’t look away.  
I hope you ask what I’m hiding,  
even if it means hearing everything I’ve buried.  

I hope you push me—not in anger,  
but into honesty, into the mess,  
into the kind of truth that leaves us trembling.  

I hope I’m never alone in this,  
even when the lights go out,  
even when the party ends.  

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