[Intro — slow doom-country 808 groove, space haze, mourning horn texture, emotional but still moving] I know I look like trouble That ain’t all I am But trouble knows my address And sometimes calls me fam [Verse 1 — intimate melodic rap, steady pulse, raw but controlled] I came to you with comet burns And a suitcase full of almosts A cracked-up laugh, a crooked turn A heart that don’t know soft roads I’ve been loved like a dare before Held like somebody losing Kissed like a lock on a liquor store Touched like a bad excuse So when you looked at me gentle I damn near left the room Not ’cause I didn’t want it But because I wanted you That kind of want gets dangerous When a man ain’t made of trust When every sweet thing handed down Feels like it might turn rust [Pre-Chorus — melody rises, 808 stays heavy, cosmic atmosphere widens] But you stood there in the porch light Like the world had not won yet And I felt my hard head shaking Like a prayer I tried to forget [Chorus — huge cosmic heartbreak hook, wide emotional vocals] I got a comet bruise burning blue Across the place where I reach for you I got old smoke under my skin I got locked doors letting starlight in Baby, don’t run when the night gets strange I’m not asking you to take my pain Just lay your name where the dark came through And I’ll turn what’s left into light for you [Verse 2 — deeper honesty, Southern gothic soul, rhythmic internal rhyme] I ain’t no clean white promise I ain’t no Sunday frame I got barbed-wire habits Wrapped around my name I got mornings I don’t answer I got mirrors I don’t trust I got memories like loose change In a motel drawer of rust But I know how to stay now I know how to choose I know love ain’t a spotlight It’s a lamp you don’t abuse It’s checking if you ate yet It’s warming up the car It’s learning where the wound is And not pressing on the scar I don’t want to own you I don’t want to dim your fire I want to be the steady floor When your tired gets tired [Pre-Chorus — more vulnerable, melody opens] And you stood there in the porch light Like the world had not won yet And I felt my hard heart breaking In the safest way it’s broken yet [Chorus — bigger, more desperate, more beautiful] I got a comet bruise burning blue Across the place where I reach for you I got old smoke under my skin I got locked doors letting starlight in Baby, don’t run when the night gets strange I’m not asking you to take my pain Just lay your name where the dark came through And I’ll turn what’s left into light for you [Bridge — stripped emotional lift, slow pulse, voice close and honest] There’s a planet in my chest That never learned to spin right There’s a younger version of me Still swinging at the midnight There’s a bottle I don’t answer There’s a ghost I don’t invite There’s a place inside my silence Where I’m trying to do right I can’t promise perfect weather I can’t promise spotless hands But I can promise when I love you I will love you like a man Not a thief at your window Not a storm at your door Not a mouth full of pretty With a knife in the drawer [Final Chorus — massive, emotional, cosmic, all elements return] I got a comet bruise burning blue Across the place where I reach for you I got old smoke under my skin I got locked doors letting starlight in Baby, don’t run when the night gets strange I’m not asking you to take my pain Just lay your name where the dark came through And I’ll turn what’s left into light for you [Outro — slow groove remains, voice tender and worn] I know I look like trouble That ain’t all I am Put your hand on the wreckage Feel how hard I’m trying to stand
