[Verse 1] You came in laughing with a split-lip grin, I let your name crawl under my skin. Now every heartbeat pulls a bright red thread, A little more alive, a little more bled. [Pre-Chorus] You say, “Stay close,” and I do, though it stings; Love is a mouth with a hundred small wings. [Chorus] I love you like a heart turned inside out, Tender as a bruise, too loud to doubt. You stitch me up, then pull the seam, I ache, I bloom, I bite the dream. If joy has teeth, let it chew through me— I want your hands where the hurt should be. [Verse 2] We share one coat in the cold by the shop, Your thumb on my pulse till the tremors stop. I keep your voice in the hollow of bone, A warm little creature that won’t leave alone. [Pre-Chorus] You say, “Stay close,” and I do, though it stings; Love is a mouth with a hundred small wings. [Chorus] I love you like a heart turned inside out, Tender as a bruise, too loud to doubt. You stitch me up, then pull the seam, I ache, I bloom, I bite the dream. If joy has teeth, let it chew through me— I want your hands where the hurt should be. [Bridge] When you go, the quiet grows a second face, It wears your smile in the wrong place. Come back, come close, let the stitches show— I’d rather hurt with you than heal alone. [Final Chorus] I love you like a heart turned inside out, Tender as a bruise, too loud to doubt. You stitch me up, then pull the seam, I ache, I bloom, I bite the dream. If joy has teeth, let it chew through me— I want your hands where the hurt should be. [Outro] Stay close. Stay close. Let the stitches show.
