[verse 1] [breathing] they watch us wrong from safer angles clean little mouths clean little names they like a word that makes it softer something they can say without a stain [pause 0.8s] but you and i know what it costs us how good it fits how bad it stays [pre-chorus] you leave your mark i leave it deeper you pull me close to pull me down we do it well with perfect posture like damage doesn't make a sound [chorus] don't call it love, they say don't call it love it's so much worse, they say so much worse [pause 0.8s] [spoken | vocals: close mic, low, possessive, almost amused] if this isn't love, then what is it? [verse 2] you know my touch is not a comfort i know yours doesn't mean release we keep it dressed in something simple while it tears through everything beneath [pause 0.8s] you make me worse i make you brighter just long enough to watch it twist no one gets clean from how we do this no one could name a thing like this [pre-chorus] you leave your mark i leave it deeper you hold me there to feel it spread we say too much without admitting how much of us looks better dead [chorus] don't call it love, they say don't call it love it's so much worse, they say so much worse [pause 0.8s] [spoken | vocals: close mic, low, possessive, almost amused] if this isn't love, then what is it? [bridge] maybe they need a nicer label something that lets their hands stay clean something they can wear above the damage something that keeps the body sweet [pause 1.0s] but i know better and you do too the way it burns the way it sticks the way you smile each time it hurts me the way i stay and tighten it [chorus] don't call it love, they say don't call it love it's so much worse, they say so much worse [pause 0.8s] [spoken | vocals: close mic, low, possessive, almost amused] if this isn't love, then what is it? don't call it love, they say don't call it love it's so much worse, they say so much worse [pause 0.8s] [spoken | vocals: close mic, lower, sharper] if this isn't love, then what is it? [outro] then fucking tell me what it is
