The deck house

I learned early how to read the room

Shadows talking louder than the truth

Every smile got a sharper edge

Every promise sitting on a ledge

I don’t bluff, I don’t fold in fear

I count my losses, keep them near

You can dress it up as fate

But I know my odds too well

Black, white — that’s the deck I play

Heads or tails, no in-between to stay

I don’t live in the safe gray light

I bet my heart on the wrong damn nights

Win or lose, I still show my face

Yeah, I walk the line, I raise the stakes

Black, white — that’s the deck I play

I’ve been rich in the things I lost

Paid my dues, counted every cost

Love came dressed like a loaded die

Rolled my way, then said goodbye

They say slow down, choose the calm

But calm never fit my palm

If I fall, let it be for real

Not some half-forgotten deal

Every truth cuts clean or bends

Every fire either warms or ends

I’d rather burn than barely glow

If I’m in, I’m all the way in, no

Black, white — that’s the deck I play

High noon heart, no time to pray

I don’t hedge on a maybe chance

I step forward when the lightning lands

Win or lose, hear the dice collide

I don’t run, I don’t hide

Black, white — that’s the deck I play

If I’m wrong, let it be loud

If I’m right, don’t slow me down

I don’t need the middle ground

I was built for the edge of town

Black, white — that’s the deck I play

All or nothing, come what may

When the table clears and the lights go low

I’ll still stand by the bets I chose

Say my name, remember the day

I didn’t fold, I didn’t sway

Black, white — that’s the deck I play