[INTRO – MATLOK (LOW, SPOKEN)]
welcome in, sweet cheeks
curtain twitch, crowd hush
you paid for the thrill
now listen close
(calliope crackle)
[VERSE 1 – FERAL]
i’m the act, silk-wrapped sin
lipstick calm with danger in
mirror maze when i move slow
lose your footing, never know
sugar venom, velvet stare
step too close, feel the air
carousel thoughts, dizzy sweet
hands still clappin at my feet
[PRE-HOOK – FERAL]
heels click time, don’t blink wrong
every stare sing along
want the thrill, want the sight
sign your fear, fade the light
[HOOK – FERAL]
step up, play close, don’t delay
( don’t delay… )
feral don’t play, she sway then sway
( sway… sway… )
laugh while i steal your breath
( breathe… )
strip-smile grin, dealin depth
( fall… )
[BACKING – MATLOK (LOW)]
(control)
(arranged)
(encore)
[VERSE 2 – MATLOK]
spotlight split when i step in
crowd lean forward, discipline
i don’t shout, i conduct
every pulse know what’s up
strings get pulled, knots get tight
fear look pretty in the light
she the shadow, i’m the frame
same tent, different game
[VERSE 3 – FERAL]
cotton candy laced with doubt
sweet till the truth run out
eyes say yes, mouth stay still
that’s my favorite kind of thrill
painted smile never cracks
every step erase tracks
you don’t fall, you descend
round and round till the end
[BRIDGE – MATLOK (SOLO)]
ever dance with a thought
that won’t leave when it’s caught?
i don’t chase
i arrange
[HOOK – FERAL]
step up, play close, don’t delay
( don’t delay… )
feral don’t play, she sway then sway
( sway… sway… )
laugh while i steal your breath
( breathe… )
strip-smile grin, dealin depth
( fall… )
[DUET VERSE – MATLOK x FERAL (DOUBLE-TIME, 16 BARS)]
[MATLOK]
lights strobe / thought fold / clock broke / crowd froze
talk low / god mode / plot closed / mouth codes
i speak stillness, panic pivot, syllables shimmer
she orbit the doubt while i tighten the trigger
[FERAL]
slow breath / silk tone / melt attention
i drip yes in your ear till no lose tension
don’t chase it, i lace it, pause hang delicious
confusion get pretty when power ambitious
[MATLOK]
bars braid / tempo warp / sense fade elegant
nonsense dressed up soundin intelligent
i guide the fall, she soften the landing
ringmaster calm while logic abandoning
[FERAL]
good stay lost, let the spiral behave
i hum in the cracks where certainty caves
same stage, one act, mirrored ends
they never feel when the trick transcends
[FINAL HOOK – FERAL]
step up, play close, don’t delay
( don’t delay… )
feral don’t play, she sway then sway
( sway… sway… )
laugh while i steal your breath
( breathe… )
strip-smile grin, dealin depth
( fall… )
[OUTRO – MATLOK (LOW, ECHO)]
wanna leave the tent?
curtain already closed
you weren’t watchin the act
you were in it
(calliope fade to static)
