La la la la la la — Hmmmmmm — [Verse 1] I took the tremor out of my handwriting put my pulse behind a metronome left one shoulder bare for decoration kept the panic fully clothed (fully clothed) You like the way I never spill a feeling like the way I let the silence flirt I can lean in close enough to taste like danger without giving you a place to hurt (no place to hurt) [Pre-Chorus] Don’t confuse the perfume with a promise (don’t confuse it) don’t mistake the stillness for a sign I can make a warning look expensive (expensive) make a locked door look divine (divine) [Chorus] Control Version (control) cut to precision (precision) bare skin, black silk (black silk) every kiss a revision (revision) Control Version (control) perfect misdirection (misdirection) you can follow the heat (follow the heat) never find the ignition (ignition) [Post-Chorus] No scenes (no scenes) no spills (no spills) no sudden weather (no weather) just skin (just skin) just heat (just heat) cut to measure (to measure) Control Version (control) better in low light (low light) Control Version (control) gone before daylight (daylight) [Verse 2] I let your thumb rest underneath my jawline just to watch you think you found the switch (found the switch) every breath is measured to the millimeter every shiver edited to fit the script (fit the script) You want the version made for after midnight (after midnight) clean-cut, low-lit, built to tame but the first draft keeps its teeth beneath the satin (teeth beneath the satin) and never answers to your name (not your name) [Pre-Chorus] I know exactly where your hands are going (I know) I know how far the room can bend if I open like a door, remember: (remember) I still choose where I begin and end (begin and end) [Chorus] Control Version (control) cut to precision (precision) bare skin, black silk (black silk) every kiss a revision (revision) Control Version (control) perfect misdirection (misdirection) you can follow the heat (follow the heat) never find the ignition (ignition) [Post-Chorus] No scenes (no scenes) no spills (no spills) no sudden weather (no weather) just skin (just skin) just heat (just heat) cut to measure (to measure) Control Version (control) better in low light (low light) Control Version (control) gone before daylight (daylight) La la la la la la — Hmmmmmm — [Bridge] Under my tongue, an unsent sentence (unsent) under the dress, a live-wire hum (live wire) under the calm, the oldest alarm (oldest alarm) still counts the exits one by one (one by one) You wanted danger — (danger) I made it wearable (wearable) You wanted damage — (damage) I made it beautiful (beautiful) You wanted me — (wanted me) I sent the version (the version) that gives you the body (the body) and keeps the source (keeps the source) [Final Chorus] Control Version (control) pure misdirection (misdirection) I can make a dead end (a dead end) feel like your decision (your decision) Control Version (control) no final edition (no final edition) you can read the surface (read the surface) never crack the encryption (encryption) Control Version (control) cut to precision (precision) bare skin, black silk (black silk) every kiss a revision (revision) You can follow the heat (follow the heat) never find the ignition (ignition) [Outro — Close, Almost Whispered] Look all you want (look all you want) I know what you see (I know) Control Version (control version) is all you get of me (all you get) Access (access) is not possession (not possession)
