Sweetest Dose

Oh darling—

(darling…)

You look like trouble tastes good on you

(so good…)

Lipstick promises, lies on my tongue

Say you hate the thrill but you already spun

Every warning label peeling off your skin

You don’t want salvation, you just want in

Glass heels clicking down a one-way street

Every heartbeat begging me to cheat

I smile like a sin you won’t confess

Pull you closer just to feel you stress

You know I’m bad news, say it again

(again…)

But your hands don’t listen when your mouth pretends

I’m the sweetest kind of habit

(habit…)

You swear you’re done, then you grab it

(grab it…)

Say you’re finished, but you don’t pull back

I’m a kiss with consequences

Pretty lies, false pretenses

You drink me down knowing that’s a fact

I’m the hurt you don’t wanna quit

Yeah, I’m the habit you live with

I play nice just to sharpen the blade

Love sounds better when it’s slightly deranged

You call it fate, I call it control

I don’t steal hearts—I repossess souls

Neon sins in a velvet laugh

You swear this time’ll be the last

But you shake when I say your name

(say my name…)

Like pain’s the only thing you crave

Tell me you’re leaving, say you’re clean

Then crawl right back when you need the sting

(the sting…)

I’m the sweetest kind of habit

(habit…)

Every vow bends when you have it

(have it…)

Every step just another relapse

I’m a smile with bad intentions

Cherry red, pure temptation

You beg for mercy, then you ask

I’m the truth you keep circling

Yeah, I’m the habit you’re hurting in

Don’t act surprised

(surprised…)

You knew my name, you knew the price

I’m the sweetest kind of habit

(habit…)

The one you hate that you can’t quit

(can’t quit…)

Say my name like it’s a cure

I’m the danger you defend

Your favorite way the story ends

You knew the risk and still swore

If loving me’s a losing game

You’d play it twice just the same

Yeah—I’m the habit

Bottom’s up, baby

(bottom’s up…)

You never wanted clean anyway