Toxic In The Quiet

[Verse 1]
You say my name
Like a dare on your tongue
Soft hands
Hard eyes
Kissing like pulling a gun
You turn your phone
Face-down on the table
I read the truth
In the way you’re unstable
[Pre-Chorus]
Every touch
Comes with terms and conditions
Every look
Is a test I’m auditioning
I keep drinking
From your poison cup
Know I should run
But I crawl back up (oh)
[Chorus]
We’re toxic in the quiet
In the breath before the boom
When your halo hits the carpet
And your perfume chokes the room
You break me
Then you buy it
Say you’ll change
I say I’ll stay
Low drops in the silence
And we love it anyway
[Verse 2]
You pull me close
When you’re bored or you’re lonely
Promise the world
When you’re missing my body
You draw a heart
On the fog of my window
Then wipe it off
Like you never meant “hello”
[Pre-Chorus]
Every fight
Ends in half-hearted crying
Crooked smile
And I know that you’re lying
I keep dancing
On this busted wire
Call it romance
But it’s just a fire (hey)
[Chorus]
We’re toxic in the quiet
In the breath before the boom
When your halo hits the carpet
And your perfume chokes the room
You break me
Then you buy it
Say you’ll change
I say I’ll stay
Low drops in the silence
And we love it anyway
[Bridge]
[beat cuts to near-silence]
Hold it
Right here
No sound
Just fear
Your pupils
Dilated
My heart
On the pavement
One word
Could free me
But your laugh
Just freezes
I’m addicted
To the crash
To the way
The floor releases
[Chorus]
We’re toxic in the quiet
In the breath before the boom
When your halo hits the carpet
And your perfume chokes the room
You break me
Then you buy it
Say you’ll change
I say I’ll stay
Low drops in the silence
And we love it anyway
[Outro]
[everything cuts
Lone vocal]
Toxic in the quiet
And I come back every time

pop, Dark, spacious pop with deep sub drops and sharp sidechain swells; female vocals sitting dry and close in the verses, then widening in the chorus with airy harmonies and a distant, detuned synth pad. Strategic dead-silence breaks that slam back into the low end, minimal percussion that blooms on each drop, and a slow, menacing build in the bridge leading to one last, heavy chorus hit., low, breaks