Midnight Fever

The city’s breathing through the cracks in my window

Neon bleeding down my skin

Every clock stopped counting the seconds

When your shadow crossed my bed

I said I’d be better by now

I said I’d learned to run

But your name tastes like the devil

And I swallow it for fun

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Your hands don’t ask permission

They already know the truth

I’m not here for salvation

I’m here for you

Every promise I made to myself

Is shaking in my chest

I should leave before I lose control

But I don’t want what’s best

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I don’t stop myself

When the night gets close

Every truth I knew

Starts to let me go

I don’t stop myself

When you pull me in

I can’t suppress the fire

That lies within

I don’t stop myself

I’ll still taste you on my lips

Like a sin I’d gladly wear

Give in to your hungry kiss

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You don’t say my name like a prayer

You say it like a threat

Like you already own the parts of me

I try hard to forget

My conscience is getting quieter

The closer that you get

I’d rather feel the damage

Than feel nothing at all again

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Your eyes don’t promise heaven

They promise something real

Something sharp and breaking

Something I can feel

Every red flag looks like roses

In this kind of light

I stopped asking where this goes

I just want tonight

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I don’t stop myself

When your this close

Your kiss is a curse

That haunts me like a ghost

I don’t stop myself

I keep begging you to stay

Prayed for grace

But I know it’s too late

I don’t stop myself

I don’t need you to be kind

I need you reckless and relentless

I need you crossing every line

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Call it a midnight fever

Call it what you want

I just know I don’t resist

When the feeling comes

If this ends in blood and silence

I’d still choose the heat of you

Don’t tell me what I need

I’m done being untouched

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I don’t stop myself

When the night gets close

Every wall I built

Starts to come undone

I don’t stop myself

When you say my name

Hear it in my breath

I won’t look away

I don’t stop myself

When the night take control

I’d crawl right back to you

And the room feels hollow