Dead and alive

You light me up just to watch me burn,

a lesson I’ll never learn,

your voice cuts deep, sweet like a sin,

and I crawl right back again.

You’re the poison and the cure in one,

a midnight bullet and a rising sun,

I can’t escape, I don’t even try,

you kill me slow but I can’t say goodbye.

You got your claws inside my chest,

every breath you take steals the rest,

I’m bleeding out but I can’t hide —

you make the pain feel justified.

You make me feel dead and alive,

like lightning burning through the sky,

a broken heart that still survives,

you tear me down, I come to life.

You’re the chaos that I crave,

the beauty in the grave,

you make me feel dead and alive —

and I don’t ever want to survive.

Your shadow’s tattooed on my skin,

a ghost I keep inviting in,

I see your face in every flame,

I whisper love but it sounds like pain.

You’re a nightmare wrapped in lace,

I find redemption in your embrace,

I’m lost, but baby, that’s alright,

I found my peace in the fight.

Your touch is war, your kiss is death,

you steal my soul with every breath,

and even when I break apart —

you play my ribs just like a harp.

You make me feel dead and alive,

like lightning burning through the sky,

a broken heart that still survives,

you tear me down, I come to life.

You’re the chaos that I crave,

the beauty in the grave,

you make me feel dead and alive —

and I don’t ever want to survive.

Oh, I’m drowning in your hurricane,

but somehow I love the pain,

you’re my cross to bear, my holy sin,

and I’d die to feel again.

(Yeah, I’d die to feel again…)

Screaming silence in my veins,

your name’s a drug, I can’t escape,

I’m a sinner, you’re my saint,

heaven’s gone, but hell feels great.

You make me feel dead and alive,

like thunder crashing through my mind,

you pull me down, I start to fly,

I’m burning out but it feels divine.

You’re the chaos that I crave,

the beauty in the grave,

you make me feel dead and alive —

and I’ll bleed for you every time.

Yeah, you kill me slow, but I can’t let go,

you’re my death, my high, my holy glow.

Dead and alive inside your eyes —

and that’s where I’ll lie tonight.