[Verse 1]
You walked in
Candles flickered like they knew
Every shadow in this hall
Turned its hungry face to you
Purple eyes
Like they’d been crying stars
You smiled through all the shivering
Like you didn’t see my scars (oh)
[Pre-Chorus]
I taste your name on my tongue
Though I haven’t said a word
Every heartbeat in your chest
Is the loudest thing I’ve heard
[Chorus]
Stay away
Stay away from me
I am not the crown you think you see
I could drink you like a midnight sky
Leave you pale where the roses die
Your blood sings
And it calls me home
But I won’t drag you to my throne
Purple eyes
You’re my sweetest curse
I’m the ending in your favorite verse
[Verse 2]
Velvet halls
Echo when you say my name
You bow deep
All trembling
But I’m the one that shakes
You don’t know
How your wrist above a vein
Draws a map straight through my ribs
Right into the hunger
Into the shame
[Pre-Chorus]
You reach out
Brush my hand
Like it’s nothing
Just a touch
You don’t hear the ancient choir
Screaming that it’s all too much
[Chorus]
Stay away
Stay away from me
I am not the crown you think you see
I could drink you like a midnight sky
Leave you pale where the roses die
Your blood sings
And it calls me home
But I won’t drag you to my throne
Purple eyes
You’re my sweetest curse
I’m the ending in your favorite verse
[Bridge]
Every century feels the same
Until a girl walks in and says my name (so soft)
I stand on the edge of your throat and choose
To starve if it means I don’t lose you
[Chorus]
Stay away
Stay away from me
I am not the crown you think you see
I could drink you like a midnight sky
Leave you pale where the roses die
Your blood sings
And it calls me home
But I won’t drag you to my throne
Purple eyes
If you only knew
I’d burn this kingdom not to taste you