[Whispers and piano — Verse 1] There was smoke on the road and blood on the chrome, When she rolled into town lookin' hard and alone. The moon hit her fur like a silver blade, And every broken man in the bar just prayed. Her purple hair flowed like a devil’s flag, And her denim vest clung like a battle rag. With every sip of that Wild Turkey flame— She reminded the world why they gave storms a name. [Guitar kicks in — Pre-Chorus] And the jukebox stuttered, the lights turned red, She smiled like sin and the room dropped dead. One man dared, got too close to her face— She just laughed and drew glass like grace. [Chorus — Full Power, All Fire] She’s got a midnight tail and a wildfire soul, She don’t love you — she’ll swallow you whole. She’s a heatwave riding through a graveyard breeze, Claws in the throttle and blood on her knees. You can beg, you can crawl, but you’ll always fail— You’ll never catch her midnight tail. [Verse 2 — Enter Zeb] Zeb was lean, all muscle and scars, Dancin’ for change under carnival stars. He was silence and stripes, a sad-eyed flame— She said, “Zebra-boy, you don’t even know your name.” But she saw the burn that no one else could, The boy in the bellboy cap who’d die for good. She grabbed his hand and the sky split wide, And the devil himself watched them ride. [Bridge — Whispered, Building to Screams] They kissed in a chapel that burned down that night, Ashes in hair, and the graveyard alight. She held him like lightning, he clung like sin— Two beasts with no future, no past, only skin. [Chorus — Even Bigger Now, Harmonies Swelling] She’s got a midnight tail and a heart full of fire, She’s the last wild hymn of a funeral choir. And when Zeb cries out, it ain’t outta pain— It’s the joy of burnin’ in her hurricane. No map, no mercy, no holy grail— Just the crack of her midnight tail. [Breakdown — Soft Piano, Single Voice] Now the road rolls empty, but her engine hums, To a beat of regret that forever drums. She left him weepin’ where the neon failed... But his tears still shine on her midnight tail. [Final Chorus — Full Choir + Guitar Duet + Thunder FX] She’s got a midnight tail and the night obeys, When she rides through hell in a lover’s blaze. She’ll ruin your body, redeem your soul— A queen of the wreckage, forever whole. And when judgment comes, she will never pale— She’ll grin and lash her midnight tail. [Outro — Fading guitar squeals and wind] So raise your drink, and curse your fate— If she loved you once, it’s already too late. She’ll haunt your dreams, hot-blooded and hale... That lithe, purple-haired queen with a midnight tail.
