[Intro]
Friday night
Small town
Home game
Flags down
[Verse 1]
Bleachers packed
Mascara smears
Plastic crowns
And plastic cheers
You bite your lip
I taste the fear
You say you’re fine
I know you’re lying here
Necklace with a little cross
Hiding all the damage lost
Band plays, but my pulse
Keeps skipping on and off
[Chorus]
It’s like vampire diaries in my veins
Every kiss a memory, every page stained
You draw little hearts in the margin of my pain
You love me, you haunt me
You love me, you haunt me again
Vampire diaries in my chest
Every night a cliffhanger, never get rest
You write your name where the blood won’t rinse
You love me, you haunt me
You love me, you haunt me since
[Verse 2]
Letterman jacket
Hiding old scars
You talk about classes
I’m counting your marks
You laugh too loud
To drown those thoughts
You say “I’m good”
But your eyes say “not”
We’re speeding through a red light
You hang halfway out the car
Shouting secrets at the dark sky
Like the night can hold your heart
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
You only call me
When the sun’s long gone
When the mirror shows
What you did all along
You say “promise you’ll stay
Through the worst of my wrong”
I say “baby, I’m cursed
Been dead all along” [crescendo]
[Chorus]