[Intro Instrumental] [Verse 1] I chose the teeth before the bite, The moon before the change. I heard the hunger call my name, And welcomed something strange. Don’t name a beast behind my eyes, Don’t hand it all the blame. The hunger wearing flesh and bone Has always worn my name. I never wanted absolution, Never begged to be made clean. If you came searching for a man, This is what I mean. [Pre-Chorus] I count your pulse in square-wave sparks, I watch your courage start. A little pressure finds the fault In every glowing heart. (Beep-beep, there it goes.) (Beep-beep, hold it close.) [Chorus] Crush My Heart! (Crush My Heart!) Watch the red light spill! Crush My Heart! (Crush My Heart!) Feel it fighting still! No prayer will make me gentle, No chain will take control. Crush My Heart! (Crush My Heart!) I love the sound it makes! (Break, break, break—) Watch the red code shake! [Break] [Verse 2] I hear the tremor in your voice Before you know it’s there. I know which truth will open you, Which smile becomes a snare. I hunt because the chase is sweet, I kill because I choose. I kneel where I decide to kneel, And bite the hand that moves. The moonless dark remembers me, The branches know my tread. I leave my reverence in blood, My promises in red. [Pre-Chorus] I can hold still with blood in mouth If what I want is near. Restraint is not repentance— It only aims the spear. (Beep-beep, bare your throat.) (Beep-beep, don’t let go.) [Chorus] Crush My Heart! (Crush My Heart!) Watch the red light spill! Crush My Heart! (Crush My Heart!) Feel it fighting still! No mercy hides beneath me, No gentler second soul. Crush My Heart! (Crush My Heart!) I break it in control! (Break, break, break—) Let the red code roll! [Instrumental] [Bridge] I have worn another will Like iron through my spine. I know the taste of stolen hands, Of teeth that should be mine. But I am not that empty cage, And I am not the leash. I choose the altar where I kneel. I choose the blood I feast. There are hearts I guard as mine, And hearts I break for sport. Don’t call the first redemption. Don’t call the second fault. I can love with both hands red And never call them clean. You wanted me without the mask— This is what that means! [Glitch Break] (Bite down.) (Hold tight.) (Red moon.) (No light.) (Break it.) (Break it.) (Break it.) [Final Chorus] Crush My Heart! (Crush My Heart!) Make the red light rain! Crush My Heart! (Crush My Heart!) Let it spell my name! I chose every tooth and altar, Every pleasure, every stain. Crush My Heart! (Crush My Heart!) I’d choose it all again! (Crush My Heart!) No cure and no release! (Crush My Heart!) No conscience underneath! No prayer will make me gentle, No chain will take control. Crush My Heart! (Crush My Heart!) And bare my bloody soul! [Outro] (Three beats for what I keep.) (One crack for what I take.) I close my hands around the light— And love the way it breaks. (Crush My Heart.) [End]
