[Verse 1] You slide in on a breath Warm venom on my neck Soft syllables like lace Barbed wire in a dress You promise me the short way Through every locked door Silver tongue in the shadows Drawing me toward war [Pre-Chorus] You say “Why bleed for nothing? Why crawl when you can fly?” Your sugar-coated poison Tracing circles in my mind [Chorus] You are the whisperknife Kissing the back of my mind Cutting a line through my will Just to see if I’ll bend If I’ll break this time I feel your fingers climb Trying to pull me from my spine But I won’t kneel to that smile I won’t be yours tonight (hey!) [Verse 2] You paint the world in black and gold Every sin a sainted crown You swear that I deserve it If I just let my guard fall down You echo every hunger Turn every wound to thirst You say “You’ve been so faithful Don’t you want to put you first?” [Pre-Chorus] You press against my heartbeat “I’m everything you lack” I taste you on my tongue tip And drag your promise back [Chorus] You are the whisperknife Kissing the back of my mind Cutting a line through my will Just to see if I’ll bend If I’ll break this time I feel your fingers climb Trying to pull me from my spine But I won’t kneel to that smile I won’t be yours tonight [Bridge] I bite my tongue till it’s iron-red To drown your velvet curse You purr my secret weaknesses I spit your language first “I am not your pretty puppet I am not your hollow throne” You hiss right in my earlobe “I just hate to see you alone” (oh) [Chorus] You are the whisperknife Kissing the back of my mind Cutting a line through my will Still you burn at the edge of every line I feel your fingers climb Scratching the cage of my spine But I hold tight to this defiance You don’t own this heart of mine [Outro] So hiss my name in the dark Curl like smoke around my ear I’ll wear these scars like armor You can talk But you can’t steer

metal, Dark romantic metal with dual-guitar harmonies and male vocals; verses ride chugging low-end riffs under sinister whispered backing layers, pre-chorus climbs with tom-heavy drums and dissonant chords, chorus explodes into soaring melodic lines over double-kick and wide synth pads, bridge drops to near a cappella over sparse clean guitars before a final, crushing half-time outro., romantic

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