(Verse 1)
You say we’re fine but your eyes don’t stay
They drift like smoke when I say your name
Every word tastes like broken glass
But I keep drinking, I don’t ask
You pull away, I pull you in
We’re stitched together with borrowed skin
I feel the fracture under the spark
But I’d rather bleed than sit in the dark
(Pre-Chorus)
Yeah I know, yeah I know what this is
A sinking ship with a Judas kiss
(Chorus)
So let me just pretend you still need me
Lie through your teeth like it’s easy
Say you’re mine even if it’s a crime
I’ll wear the truth like a noose tonight
Yeah we’re dead but I’m still breathing
Choking on hope I should be leaving
If this love’s just a beautiful lie—
Don’t wake me up, don’t say goodbye
(Verse 2)
Your touch is cold but I call it fire
I built a god out of your desire
Every red flag painted gold
Every “forever” already sold
I hear the silence scream between
The words you say and what you mean
But I’ll play deaf, I’ll play blind
If it keeps you here one more night
(Pre-Chorus)
Yeah I feel every crack in the frame
But I’ll die before I say your name in vain
(Chorus)
So let me just pretend you still need me
Lie through your teeth like it’s easy
Say you’re mine even if it’s a crime
I’ll wear the truth like a noose tonight
Yeah we’re dead but I’m still breathing
Choking on hope I should be leaving
If this love’s just a beautiful lie—
Don’t wake me up, don’t say goodbye
(Breakdown – screamed)
I KNOW YOU’RE GONE BUT I WON’T LET GO
I’LL HAUNT THE GHOST OF WHAT WE WERE
CARVE YOUR NAME INTO MY BONES
IF YOU’RE A LIE—THEN MAKE IT HURT
(Bridge – softer, broken)
If I say it out loud, it dies in my hands
So I’ll swallow the truth, choke it down again
(Final Chorus)
Let me just pretend you still feel this
Even if it’s all gone to shit
Say you love me, just one more time
Give me a reason to cross that line
Yeah we’re ashes I keep breathing
Holding a pulse that stopped beating
If this love’s just a beautiful lie—
I’ll live in it till the day I die
