[Verse 1] Black dress, chipped wine glass Lipstick smear on my past You say, “Baby, just relax” But your eyes keep pacing the cracks Soft glow on your crooked smile You pull me in, then stay a mile I trace your name on your back Every letter feels like a trap [Pre-Chorus] You’re so cold, but my hands still shake Every touch just raises the stakes Tell me why I crave what breaks me Why the poison tastes like safety [Chorus] Hold me (please, please, please) ’Til my doubts fall dead at your feet Fill these bruised-up memories With a lie that I need to believe Hold me (please, please, please) Like you never learned how to leave If you’re gonna ruin me Do it slowly, baby, breathe by breathe [Verse 2] Soft talk in a backseat blur You say love like a slurred-out word Fast laugh, then your jaw goes tight I can feel you slipping tonight You twist truth like your cigarette Burning close, but you never commit I keep betting on the same old debt Every promise smells like regret [Pre-Chorus] You’re my rush, and you’re my decline Every “yours” rewrites my spine Tell me why your darkest parts Fit so easy inside my heart [Chorus] Hold me (please, please, please) ’Til my doubts fall dead at your feet Fill these bruised-up memories With a lie that I need to believe Hold me (please, please, please) Like you never learned how to leave If you’re gonna ruin me Do it slowly, baby, breathe by breathe [Bridge] [Soft speech-rap] You say, “Calm down” But your pulse jumps wild I can hear that guilt In the quiet, in the silence Fast words, heavy eyelids You’re a habit I hide in I’m the secret you swear You could quit any minute [Fast speech] But you don’t, and you won’t, and you kiss me again With a half-closed door and a maybe-then Every “later” is a razor in my chest Still I’m leaning in closer, whisper, “Do your best” [Instrumental Break] [Elastic synth-guitar solo riff weaving around chopped vocal echoes of “hold me, hold me”] [Chorus] Hold me (please, please, please) ’Til my doubts fall dead at your feet Fill these bruised-up memories With a lie that I need to believe Hold me (please, please, please) Like you never learned how to leave If you’re gonna ruin me Do it slowly, baby, breathe by breathe [Outro] One more lie, then let me bleed Just this once, be what I need Hold me (please, please, please) ’Til there’s nothing left of me
