I still taste gold in the cut of your grin Sweet little ruin, just let me back in You hit my night like a shot in the dark Lit every dead little room in my heart Talked me awake till the blue met the blind Made me feel chosen, then slipped in my mind I was a joke that you held like a jewel Half in your shadow, half under your rule You wore that mercy like lace on a knife Soft as a prayer, but sharp in my life I saw the gleam on the edge of your teeth Still called it shelter, still fell underneath Some kind of fever was writing my name I knew the damage and wanted the same You were a halo with venom below I was the fool with my hands in the glow You gave me heaven then charged for the fall Love in your mouth, but a lock in it all I heard the truth, but I begged for the lie Drunk on the drag of your beautiful crime You felt so holy, you felt so untrue I lost my mind making sense out of you Then came the cracks in the gloss and the grace Same little fire in a dozen more faces Same kind of sweetness you sold as a cure Same kind of touch that was never secure I did not hate them, I hated the show Hated the smile that could turn on command slow Hated myself for the part that still stayed Kissing the altar I watched you have made By then the glitter was starting to rot I knew exactly the wound that I bought Somewhere your name took a life of its own I cut the line and I choked on the tone You were a halo with venom below I was the fool with my hands in the glow You gave me heaven then charged for the fall Love in your mouth, but a lock in it all I heard the truth, but I begged for the lie Drunk on the drag of your beautiful crime You felt so holy, you felt so untrue I lost my mind making sense out of you No, you were real when the whole world went dim No, you were staged and I worshipped the spin No, I was used and I knew from the start No, you still reached for the worst of my heart I wanted proof that the warmth was not bought Wanted one corner your mask never caught Wanted to tear every star from your face Wanted to crawl back and die in that place You were a halo with venom below I was the fool with my hands in the glow You gave me heaven then charged for the fall Love in your mouth, but a lock in it all Now when I think of the girl that I knew She is a blur and a bruise pushing through You felt so holy, you felt so untrue I lost my mind making sense out of you Now I feel nothing, or nothing I trust Just the faint shine of a season of us Not coming back, not still under your spell Just a dead summer I carry too well
