The Fever (female version)

[Verse 1] You linger like a taste of rain, you rise in me, again, again, I'd let the whole world fade from view, to spend the dark alone with you, you're in the dream before I sleep, and in the silence that I keep, the night drags slow, I see it through, and morning brings me back to you. [Pre-Chorus] It tightens in my chest, and I don't want it less, it cuts, and I lean in, and meet it with a grin. [Chorus] I'm aching for you, and it's sweet, a pain I have no wish to beat, I'd rather hurt than have it heal, it makes me feel, it makes me real. [Verse 2] You're in the corners of my day, and slip between the words I say, I shut the door, I draw the blind, you're there already, in my mind, your laughter hides in every sound, it circles me and holds me bound, I search for peace I cannot find, you've built a kingdom in my mind. [Chorus] I'm aching for you, and it's sweet, a pain I have no wish to beat, I'd rather hurt than have it heal, it makes me feel, it makes me real. [Bridge] Some look for love that's safe and calm, but I'd refuse a softer balm, give me the fever, sharp and bright, and spare me comfort, dull and slight. [Verse 3] I beg my feet to walk away, they carry me to you, and stay, you fold around me, warm and low, the road dissolves, I cannot go, you burn in me, awake, awake, you leave a thirst I cannot slake, I'm pulled down under, deep below, and gladly lost, I will not go. [Chorus] I'm aching for you, and it's sweet, a pain I have no wish to beat, I'd rather hurt than have it heal, it makes me feel, it makes me real.