[Verse 1]
She smells like summer
I choke on dawn in her hair
You were raised on warnings
I was raised on whispered prayers for blood
Your hand in mine
Cold skin
Hot pulse
You don't run
They drew you monsters in the dark
You trace the fangs they told you to shun (hey!)
[Pre-Chorus]
Are you a wound or a wonder
Am I a shadow or shield
If I taste you
Do I lose you
If I starve
Do I yield
[Chorus]
We were born to be afraid of each other
Still you lay your heart in my hungry mouth
Craving the sun
Drowning in your thunder
Hunter and hunted
Tearing all the old laws down
If I'm the night and you're the fire
Then let me burn
Let me burn in you now
[Verse 2]
You talk about daylight
Like it's something I could wear
You kiss the cracks inside my lips
Find the horror that you dare to care
I hear your pulse
Like war drums under your ribs
Every beat is saying "live"
Every thirst I have says "rip" (oh!)
[Pre-Chorus]
Will your love become a weapon
Will my hunger break your spine
If I keep you
Do I kill you
Or do you drag me over the line
[Chorus]
We were born to be afraid of each other
Still you lay your heart in my hungry mouth
Craving the sun
Drowning in your thunder
Hunter and hunted
Tearing all the old laws down
If I'm the night and you're the fire
Then let me burn
Let me burn in you now
[Bridge]
[Breakdown – guitars drop to chugs
Gang shouts]
You were meant to scream my name
(run!)
I was meant to drink your veins
(done!)
But you carved "stay" into my chest
Like a brand
Like a brand
Like a brand
If I turn away
I’m empty
If I taste
I damn your soul
So you press your throat against me
Say "I choose you
Take control" (yeah!)
[Chorus]
We were born to be afraid of each other
Still you lay your heart in my hungry mouth
Craving the sun
Drowning in your thunder
Hunter and hunted
Tearing all the old laws down
If I’m the night and you’re the fire
I’ll face the dawn
I’ll blister
I’ll bow
We were born to be afraid of each other
But I am not
I am not afraid now