[Verse 1]
Bare feet on the cold floor
Half-packed suitcase by the door
You say my name like it’s a warning
Like you’ve said it all before
Ashtray on the bedside
Last night’s bottle
Scarlet stain
You trace your sins along my shoulder
Ask if I can taste your shame
[Pre-Chorus]
Every promise
Pinned against the wall
Every quiet
Louder than the fall
I’m still here
In the wreckage of your touch
Afraid to want it
Afraid I want too much
[Chorus]
Redemption
You say it like a secret prayer
Mouth at my neck
Like I could wash you clean right there
You pull me under
Beg me to make you feel saved again
Redemption
But you just want to drown in my hands
[Verse 2]
Moonlight in the curtain folds
Your shadow splits in two
The saint you keep for other people
The stranger I crawl back to
You offer up your damage
Like a sacrifice to keep
Lay it gently on my ribs
Then lay yourself to sleep
[Pre-Chorus]
Every story
You rewrite in my skin
Every sorry
Spoken just to reel me in
I’m still shaking
From the hunger in your eyes
You call it mercy
I hear another lie
[Chorus]
Redemption
You say it like a secret prayer
Mouth at my neck
Like I could wash you clean right there
You pull me under
Beg me to make you feel saved again
Redemption
But you just want to drown in my hands
[Bridge]
[Choir rising
Drums and bass swell]
I am not your holy water (oh)
I am not your gentle grave
You can’t climb into my body
And call the crawling out “behaved”
You want light for every bruise
You want grace for every wound
But you keep kissing like a thief
Leaving halos in this room
[Drop Chorus]
[Beat hits
Full choir]
Redemption
You scream it as you come undone
Claw at my back
Like I’m the altar and the gun
You pull me deeper
Trembling
Say my name like it’s faith
Redemption
But you only chase the way I taste
[Outro]
Breath on my ear
“I’ll be better
You will see” (oh)
Morning breaks
You disappear
And the only one forgiving
The only one forgiving
Is me