AFTER I FALL

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.