Love Me Right

© Haddeubal. All rights reserved. Respect the craft. Support the real. (Ahh... yeah...) It ain’t you that’s holdin’ me I’m the one who keeps slippin’ free You got honey in your talk But it always tastes like salt Sayin’ “baby, don’t you fret” And I pretend I don’t get upset Your stare? Velvet trap I see the fold when I unwrap You don’t reveal, you conceal Yet I still hand you the key Make me dance inside your bluff Even if it ain’t real love Say “come close,” then push away I’ll still run, night or day Lie to me like I’m the one I’ll take the warm, even if it’s wrong Love me like a quiet sin That trembles just beneath your tongue Love me wrong but say it slow Make me think you need me so Love me, like a lie But love me, still (Ohhh...) You blow the heat, then blow the haze And I let you set this heart ablaze I see your ghost in my sheets Still I pull ‘em up and sleep You ain’t gotta try too hard You’re already stitched in all my scars I’d take this over beige romance No sparks, no high, no chance I’d rather drown in your pretend Than float on truths that never bend Don’t need vows, just that sound Of you breathing me back down Play that same old crooked game Even if it ends the same Lie to me like I’m your truth I’ll take the ache, just play it smooth Love me like a stolen breath Held between the thrill and death Love me wrong, but make it good Fake it better than they could Love me, like a lie But love me still... [Outro, Fading Rhodes, Whispered adlibs, Sparse keys] (Still... love me still...) I know you fake... But I fake it better.