[Verse 1]
You left your lighter on my sink
Said
"It's just a thing
" but it burned like a sign
Your name still scratched in my front door paint
All shallow cuts that keep reopening my mind
[Pre-Chorus]
You walk away like you never broke anything
I taste your storm in every breath I take
[Chorus]
So burn me at the stake for loving you
Stack every promise like dry wood
Let it bloom
If this is how you want to watch me break
Strike the match
Light it up
Burn me at the stake
(burn me, burn me)
[Verse 2]
I slam the cupboards just to hear them talk
The plates remember how you used to stay
Your ghost is pacing in my hallway shoes
Every quiet room keeps screaming out your name
[Pre-Chorus]
You twist the blame like a ring around your finger
I choke on words I never got to say
[Chorus]
So burn me at the stake for loving you
Stack every promise like dry wood
Let it bloom
If this is how you want to watch me break
Strike the match
Light it up
Burn me at the stake
(oh, burn me, burn me)
[Bridge]
I won't beg for water
Let the fire climb
Let the sparks write curses
Across the sky tonight
If pain's your only language
Then hear me when I say
I'd rather turn to ashes
Than fade away
[Chorus]
So burn me at the stake for loving you
Build up the pyre with every half-truth you abused
If this is how you get your twisted grace
Strike the match
Light it up
Watch me blaze
Watch me fade
Burn me at the stake
(burn me, burn me)