Cedar-Exhaust Suit

**[Intro]** [Slow, rhythmic heartbeat] [Distorted synth swells] [Whispered] Heavy... so heavy. **[Verse 1]** The canvas waits in the corner of the room While I’m anchored to the sheets in the afternoon My bones are lead, a tired masterpiece Searching for the brushstrokes of a moment’s peace The world’s a blur of static and gray Just trying to survive the light of the day. **[Pre-Chorus]** Then the door clicks open, the suit comes off The scent of heaven and the city’s exhaust He walks in with the weight of the law And finds the beauty in my every flaw. **[Chorus]** Oh, Counsel, take the lead tonight I’ve got no energy to win the fight Surrender is the only thing that sets me free From the exhaustion and the gravity Bind my wrists, still my mind Leave the courtroom stress behind In the heat, in the dark, in the velvet hush I'm the ink and you're the brush. **[Verse 2]** He’s reading briefs while I’m catching my breath Fighting a fatigue that feels like a shadow of death But when the sun goes down, the roles ignite He’s the judge and the jury in the middle of the night He knows my limits, knows the lines of the ache Knows exactly how much this heart can take. **[Bridge]** [Music swells, heavy industrial beat] Cold leather against my skin Where the artist ends and the fire begins No more "tired," no more "weak" Only the power in the words we speak Command me, claim me, hold me still Bend my spirit to your will A storm in the sheets, a heat so deep Before you lull my weary soul to sleep. **[Guitar Solo]** [Slow, bluesy, distorted] [Chorus] Oh, Counsel, take the lead tonight I’ve got no energy to win the fight Surrender is the only thing that sets me free From the exhaustion and the gravity Bind my wrists, still my mind Leave the courtroom stress behind In the heat, in the dark, in the velvet hush I'm the ink and you’re the brush. [Outro] [Music fades to a low hum] The artist and the attorney... The ache and the ecstasy... Just hold me