[Intro] [Vinyl crackle, slow Rhodes chop, tape echo, add "rap vocals, spoken cadence" to the verse tags] Mm... dust on the road, dust on my hands Nobody knows... hardly anyone can [Verse 1] [Low, intimate, behind the beat] Sunday boots shined, Pa's pew in the third row Preacher's talking sin while I'm thinking 'bout you, though Hay-bale shadows, barn door locked at dusk Two farmhands hiding what the whole town can't trust Calloused fingers tracing lines on a sunburnt neck Whisper "stay a minute" like a prayer I won't regret They raised us hard, taught us love's a man-and-woman thing But my heart don't read the book that the congregation sings Tractor engine cover for the sound of us Sweat and diesel, hush now, hush Every smile at supper is a lie I rehearse You're the sweetest kind of wrong, you're the blessing and the curse [Pre-Chorus] [Synth bell enters, harmonies rise] Lantern's low, the fence line's long One wrong look and the whole thing's gone [Chorus] [Sung harmonies, synth bell build-up, deep plonk bass] Forbidden, but it's all I know Midnight fields where the cornstalks grow They'd call it shame, we call it home Two men holding on, so quiet, so alone Forbidden, but I feel it deep Your heartbeat's the only thing I keep Let the whole town talk, let the preacher plead Bro, you're the only thing I need [Verse 2] [Rap, slightly faster, gritty] Gossip at the feed store, eyes that linger too long Uncle's jokes at the table, I just grin along Your daddy asks me "when you gonna take a wife?" I'm staring at his son, man, that's my whole damn life Rumors in the wind like the smoke from the burn pile We meet at the creek bed, nobody's around, we laugh, we smile Your hand in mine soaked up by the willow tree Forty miles from the nearest place that lets us be Old-school values, they cut like barbed wire Love's a crime out here, but we keep playing with fire Stolen kisses tasting like the rain on the tin roof Every touch is a risk, but boy, you're living proof [Pre-Chorus] Truck lights sweeping past the gate Hold your breath, don't hesitate [Chorus] [Fuller harmonies, tape echo on the tail] Forbidden, but it's all I know Midnight fields where the cornstalks grow They'd call it shame, we call it home Two men holding on, so quiet, yet alone Forbidden, but I feel it deep Your heartbeat's the only thing I keep Let the whole town talk, let the preacher plead Baby, you're the only thing I need [Bridge] [Beat drops out, Rhodes and vinyl only, spoken low] Maybe someday we'll leave this dirt Find a place where love don't hurt Till then it's you, the dark, the stars And the quiet war behind these scars [Verse 3] [Rap, heavier, emotional] Packed a bag last winter, set it by the door Couldn't leave my mama, couldn't leave the land I swore To work till I'm buried in this soil I know But you're the only reason I would ever want to go So we stay in the shadows, stay between the lines bro Love in the margins, stealing back the time If heaven's what they preach, then it's wide enough for two And if it's not, then hell can have me, long as I'm with you [Outro] [Fade, vinyl crackle, harmonies hum, synth bell echoing] Forbidden... but it's ours Under these old stars Yeah... forbidden... but it's aĺl ours
