

Prompt / Lyrics
[Verse 1] You come in chapter seven Ink-stained Crooked grin Smell of rain and trouble Bleeding from the spine I’m in Highlighters on your dialogue Dog-ears on your name My friends say it’s obsession I just call it turning pages on the flame [Chorus] I’m in love with the men in my books All my heroes on the shelf They break me Save me Burn me up And never have to know themselves Paper cuts across my fingers Every time I touch your face I’m in love with the men in my books ‘Cause the real ones don’t keep pace [Verse 2] You wait on my nightstand Crumpled cover Bent and brave Every time my phone lights up I’d rather fall back in your cave They ghost me in the daylight You haunt me in the dark Every line you ever spoke Feels tattooed across my heart [Chorus] I’m in love with the men in my books All my heroes on the shelf They break me Save me Burn me up And never have to save themselves Paper cuts across my fingers Every time I trace your name I’m in love with the men in my books And no one flesh and bone compares the same (no way) [Bridge] Maybe I built you Out of lines and lies But you always call me darling When I’m tired of goodbyes Should I close you Let you go? Or live inside your world instead? ‘Cause I only feel this living When the words are in my head (my head) [Chorus] I’m in love with the men in my books All my heroes on the shelf They break me Save me Tear me down Then stitch me back as someone else Paper cuts across my fingers But I keep on turning anyway I’m in love with the men in my books Till a real one learns to stay (learns to stay) (Yeah)
Tags
rock, Crunchy alternative rock with female vocals; slightly overdriven guitars locked to a dry, punchy kit, bass pushing the low mids. First verse starts in a simmering half-time groove, chorus slams into full on sing-along power with stacked harmonies and a soaring lead line. Brief bridge strips to vocal, bass, and toms before a final, bigger chorus with octave guitars and shouted gang vocals on key phrases., alternative rock
3:26
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2/16/2026