VERSE 1
I never said I’m good,
you just wanted me to be.
you saw a broken halo,
I saw a place to bleed.
you kissed me like redemption,
I tasted gasoline—
girl, you knew from the beginning
I was built to burn the scene.
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PRE-CHORUS
don’t pretend you didn’t feel it—
the warning signs, the crackin’ ceilings.
I told you once,
I’ll tell you twice:
I’m not the one
who saves your life.
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CHORUS
so don’t ask me
why the flames get higher
after I fall.
I warned you
I’d turn your love
into smoke on the walls.
you hold me like a promise,
I break like alcohol—
baby, you knew the cost
but you still risked it all
after I fall.
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VERSE 2
you trace my scars like answers,
like you’re trying to fix the mess—
but every time you reach for heaven,
I pull you into less.
I’m the quiet kind of chaos,
the type that no one sees—
till it’s too late to escape it
and I’m under your skin, deep.
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PRE-CHORUS
don’t pretend you didn’t want it—
the dark, the pull, the toxic comfort.
you saw the truth
behind my smile:
I’m not the one
who ever shines.
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CHORUS
so don’t ask me
why the flames get higher
after I fall.
I warned you
I’d turn your love
into smoke on the walls.
you hold me like a promise,
I break like alcohol—
baby, you knew the cost
but you still risked it all
after I fall.
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BRIDGE
and you still stay—
like you love the pain.
girl, every time I ruin you,
you whisper my name.
maybe you’re the match,
maybe I’m the spark,
either way we’re burning
in the dark.
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FINAL CHORUS
so don’t ask me
why the flames get higher
after I fall.
I warned you
I don’t love softly—
I scorch it all.
you hold me like a promise,
I break like alcohol—
baby, you step in fire
just to feel me at all
after I fall.
JOREN
