“Can I have my special guest join me onstage now?” I ask cryptically.
The stage lights dim and the spotlight is solely on me. The music starts softly in the background, and I feel the change in the air when Andi approaches. The crowd is going wild and my body is responding in kind, but to her. I can feel her presence, and I slowly turn to look over my shoulder at her just as she reaches me.
Speaking to the audience, but gazing deeply into Andi’s eyes, I introduce the song with a story. “Loving someone can be hard, especially if you can’t really have that person to yourself. People say love hurts, but hiding your love fucking hurts. Sometimes you have to ‘Just Lie.’”
The boys pick up the volume of the music, and Andi sings the first verse. We’re playing it up to the audience, like we’re the couple I was just talking about. It’s the way her eyes pierce me that’s making me squirm where I stand. The fire in her eyes, the passion in her voice, and the honesty in the words are killing me.
When we wake tomorrow
We will have to decide
If we’ll stay together
Or if we’ll say goodbye
But baby, for tonight
Let’s just lie.
Then my versefollows hers and I mean every word of it.
It’s already so late
You can always just stay
My bedroom misses you
And my body does too
Baby, just for tonight
Let’s just lie.
We sing the chorus together, and then we alternate the verses until the bridge and chorus at the end. The whole song is a waltz of words that pulls me deeper and deeper into her spell. She’s singing the words to me. She has to feel it, too.
Just lie with me and make me believe
You want to be here with me
Just lie with me and take me away
Only your touch can make it okay
You turn to me and smile
I know what you’re thinking
And it melts me inside
My resolve is sinking
Baby, just for tonight
Let’s just lie.
I don’t want to fight this
You’re the only one I need
