War & Peace

(Verse 1)

(Soft piano intro with a heavy, slow bass drop)

Cold sheets, back turned to me

We haven’t spoke a word since half-past three.

There’s a shattered glass on the kitchen floor

And I don’t even know what we’re fighting for.

You say I’m selfish, I say you’re crazy

The lines get blurred, and the vision gets hazy.

I’m checking my phone just to look away

Trying to find the words that I shouldn't say.

(Pre-Chorus)

I’m packing my bags, I’m calling a car

But I know damn well that I ain't getting far.

‘Cause the moment you look at me with those eyes

My pride disappears, and my anger just dies.

It’s a cycle, baby, spinning 'round and 'round

We’re high in the sky, then we crash to the ground.

(Chorus)

It’s love, it’s hate, it’s a twist of fate

I can’t leave, I can’t stay, but I want it this way.

You’re the poison I pick, you’re the cure when I’m sick

We go to war, then we make peace between the sheets.

Yeah, this love is a battlefield...

But the surrender is sweet.

(Verse 2)

(Bass gets deeper, groove locks in)

Sun comes up, and the mood just shifts

We bandage the wounds and we close the rifts.

Your hand on my waist, my breath on your neck

We build it back up just to handle the wreck.

My friends say I’m foolish, your mama says run

But they don’t know how it feels when the fighting is done.

Nobody touches my soul like you do

It’s twisted, I know, but I’m glued to you.

(Pre-Chorus)

I put down my bags, I cancel the car

‘Cause baby, without you, I wouldn't get far.

One touch of your skin and the logic just fades

I’m loving this beautiful mess that we made.

(Chorus)

It’s love, it’s hate, it’s a twist of fate

I can’t leave, I can’t stay, but I want it this way.

You’re the poison I pick, you’re the cure when I’m sick

We go to war, then we make peace between the sheets.

Yeah, this love is a battlefield...

But the surrender is sweet.

(Bridge)

(Music drops out to just a kick drum and minimal keys - Vocal build-up)

Maybe we’re broken... (Maybe we’re broken)

Maybe we’re wrong... (So wrong, baby)

But the pain is the lyric to our favorite song.

I scream at the walls, you scream at the sky

But I’d rather fight with you, than ever say goodbye.

(High falsetto run)

No, I won't say goodbyeeeee!

(Guitar Solo - Clean, reverb-heavy, soulful)

(Chorus - With complex vocal layering and ad-libs)

It’s love, it’s hate, it’s a twist of fate (Ooh, it's a twist of fate)

I can’t leave, I can’t stay, but I want it this way (I need it this way, girl/boy)

You’re the poison I pick, you’re the cure when I’m sick

We go to war, then we make peace between the sheets.

Yeah, this love is a battlefield...

But the surrender is sweet.

(Outro)

War and peace.

It's just war and peace.

Turn the lights out.

Let's do it all again.

(Spoken whisper)

I hate you. I love you.

(Fade out)