Meet Me There

[Verse 1] [dirty bluesy guitar riff, swaggering slow tempo, gritty and knowing] I don't want the kind of love that folds a napkin in its lap Don't want the kind of man who asks permission to push back Bring me something with teeth in it bring me something that can stand Don't flinch when I come at you don't bring a boy where I need a man I been eating safe for years now chewing nothing but the skin Every time I tried to fight fair somebody tried to let me win I'm done with the apology before the argument starts I want the kind of conversation that leaves a mark [Pre-Chorus] Bring the weight bring the want bring the wanting it rough and honest Don't come at me with a soft voice asking me to make it easy [Chorus] [huge swaggering bluesy rock chorus, distorted guitars, wailing] Meet me there where the nice girls don't go Meet me there where the boys get afraid and go home I am not your quiet thing I am not your gentle song Meet me there or don't come at all Meet me there meet me there Love me loud or don't love me at all [Verse 2] [same swaggering bluesy drive] Don't bring me flowers bring me your real opinion Don't bring me promises bring me a fight I can actually win I want a man who can take it when I give it right back I want a man who don't need a referee every time we go off track I have been gentle I have been good I have been every single thing they said a lady should I'm done pretending my fire's a flicker Turns out my fire's a whole damn forest and baby it's getting thicker [Pre-Chorus] Bring the weight bring the want bring the wanting it rough and honest Don't come at me with a soft voice asking me to make it easy [Chorus] Meet me there where the nice girls don't go Meet me there where the boys get afraid and go home I am not your quiet thing I am not your gentle song Meet me there or don't come at all Meet me there meet me there Love me loud or don't love me at all [Violin Solo] [electric violin takes the lead guitar solo slot for sixteen bars, dirty bluesy bow work, lead guitar drops down to double the rhythm guitar underneath, violin wails and bends and cries like a dirty blues lick] [Bridge] [drums and bass only, almost a cappella, low growl] I am not asking to be broken I am asking to be met I want somebody in the ring with me not somebody in the crowd placing a bet Match me or move Match me or move I don't have any patience left for the ones who just wanted to watch [Final Chorus] [biggest version, full wall of sound, voice tearing at the edges] Meet me there where the nice girls don't go Meet me there where the boys get afraid and go home I am not your quiet thing I am not your gentle song Meet me there or don't come at all Meet me there meet me there Love me loud or don't love me at all Love me loud or don't love me [Outro] [guitar feedback, one last bluesy bend, voice low] Match me or move Match me or move