[Verse 1] I miss when you filled my life with grace The crooked halo of your face I miss the trail of your spit on my skin Like every war we called a sin You ruled the room with sharpened breath A queen of love, a god of death And every bruise you left behind Felt like proof you were still mine [Pre-Chorus] Even though your hands were cold to touch God knows my heart believed too much [Chorus] You struck me down and called me small Now that you're gone I want it all Every scream against the wall Every rise before the fall Love like poison, sweet and slow The kind of fire that scars the soul I should run from what we were But I still ache to feel it burn [Verse 2] You broke each cup and every plate Your voice could turn a home to hate But through the wreckage, through the glare Your fingers sometimes stroked my hair And in that quiet, strange and rare You made destruction feel like care I learned to kneel before the storm Just to keep your fury warm [Pre-Chorus] You carved your name beneath my skin And called the wound devotion [Chorus] You struck me down and called me small Now that you're gone I want it all Every scream against the wall Every rise before the fall Love like poison, sweet and slow The kind of fire that scars the soul I should run from what we were But I still ache to feel it burn [Bridge] Now the house is quiet as a grave No shattered glass, no tyrant wave No thunder pacing through the door No war to kneel and beg before I used to map your storms by sound The way your fury circled round The tremor in your breathing slow Before the lightning struck below I knew the rhythm of your rage Each cruel line you’d rearrange The names you carved into my bones Like twisted vows and sharpened stones And God help me for what is true The silence aches much more than you [Verse 3] I pass the chair where you would sit The cigarette burns where you’d flick Your shadow still lives in the hall Like you never left at all The mirrors hold the things you said Each poisoned word still softly spread You called it love, I called it pain Yet here I stand and curse the rain [Final Chorus] You struck me down and called me small Still I'd answer if you'd call Every scream against the wall Every rise before the fall Love like poison, black and slow The sweetest hell I'll ever know I should thank the end we earned But I still ache to feel it burn Break the glass and curse my name Drag me back into the flame I know the monster that you are And God forgive me I still want more.
