My Sensational Temptation(Spanish Guitar Ballad)

[Intro – Delicate, unsettling Spanish guitar. Slow, descending notes. Almost whispered.] There's a sweetness in surrender There's a comfort in the fall Funny how the things that hurt us Seem to know us best of all [Verse 1 – Low, intimate vocals. A seductive, uneasy melody.] I've tasted all the pleasures That this broken world can give I've mistaken being reckless For remembering how to live I've danced with my addictions Let them lead me by the hand Made a home inside destruction Called it something I could stand There's a beauty in temptation When you never count the cost And it's easy finding heaven When you don't mind getting lost [Pre-Chorus – Guitar becomes more restless. Vocals slowly intensify.] Oh, I've loved the things that hurt me I've embraced what made me weak I've been searching for salvation In the pleasures that I seek But of all the things I've wanted All the things I thought I knew Nothing ever quite prepared me For the moment I found you [Chorus – Powerful, haunting, melodic. Beautiful but unsettling.] And then there's you... My sensational temptation The sweetest contradiction To everything I've known Oh, there's you... My beautiful obsession The one desire that taught me I don't have to lose control My sensational temptation... The only one that makes me Want to save my soul [Verse 2 – Quieter, introspective. The guitar returns to its original haunting melody.] I used to chase the feeling Of forgetting who I am Every promise to tomorrow Was a promise made of sand I could always find a reason To surrender one more time Till the things I called my freedom Were the chains I wore inside Now I feel another hunger One I never understood Not to take what life can offer But to give it something good And the strangest revelation Of the man I'm learning to be Is the things I once surrendered to No longer have a hold on me [Pre-Chorus 2 – More emotional, with rising tension.] Oh, I've learned that wanting something Doesn't mean it must be mine That the greatest kind of loving Sometimes asks for space and time And I cannot change the damage Or erase the things I've done But I can choose what I surrender And the things I choose to run from [Chorus – Stronger, more painful and passionate.] And then there's you... My sensational temptation The sweetest contradiction To everything I've known Oh, there's you... My beautiful obsession The one desire that taught me I don't have to lose control My sensational temptation... The only one that makes me Want to save my soul [Bridge – Eerie guitar grows increasingly dissonant. Vocals build from restrained intensity into powerful, desperate belting.] I've been kissed by sweet destruction I've been held by misery I've mistaken chains for comfort Called my captors company But you never were my poison Never asked me to decay You're the one temptation That makes me want to walk away Not from you... But from the man I used to be [Brief silence. A single trembling guitar note.] And for once in my life... I'm not afraid of being free. [Final Chorus – Begins softly, then builds into powerful, emotionally raw belting.] And then there's you... My sensational temptation The sweetest contradiction To everything I've known Oh, there's you... My beautiful revelation The one desire that taught me I don't have to lose control My sensational temptation... You never were my weakness You just showed me where I'm strong [Outro – Spanish guitar slows. A haunting descending melody. Vocals intimate and restrained.] There's a sweetness in surrender But I've learned to let it pass Some temptations last a moment... Some teach you how to last.