///*****/// (Duet, dark alt-pop, city-night intoxication, no cheesy talking) [INTRO, CITY HUM, LOW SYNTH PULSE] F: Streetlights blink like they know my name M: Your lipstick mark on my throat, like you signed your name F: We should slow down M: We never do [VERSE 1, TENSE, CLOSE, MINIMAL] M: Two lanes, one thought, you in my head Dash glowin’ blue like a hospital bed I’m not sober, but I’m not drunk I’m just caught where your mouth left off F: Your hand on my thigh, your lies in my ear You make danger sound sincere I taste the night on your breath Like a vow I shouldn’t have kept [PRE-CHORUS, RISING, SUSPENSE] M: The city’s a mirror, it shows what we are F: Two pretty disasters inside a fast car M: If we go too far F: Don’t say my name M: If we lose control F: Don’t hit the brakes [HOOK, OPTION A, LOCKED] M: We drivin’ and dreamin’, lovin’ this life, but lookin’ for a meanin’ F: City lights bleedin’, kissin’ your sins, yeah, I know what you’re needin’ M: Hands off the wheel while it’s careenin’, baby, tell me you see it F: If we crash, let it be for a reason, not just for the feelin’ [POST-HOOK, WORDLESS DROP, SYNTHWAVE STAB] F: Mm-mm M: Mm [VERSE 2, DARKER, MORE POETIC, PUSH-PULL] F: I love you like a crime scene loves the rain Washes it clean, leaves the stain You look at me like I’m a cure Then you use me like a drug for sure M: I’m tryna be good, but you’re heaven with teeth You pull me under, you don’t let me breathe Every red light’s a last chance sign Then it turns green and we cross the line [PRE-CHORUS 2, STRIP, WHISPERED INTENSITY] F: Don’t promise tomorrow M: I won’t pretend F: We’re not in love M: We’re in the end F: If I say “stop” M: I won’t stop F: That’s what I want M: That’s what we got [CHORUS, BIG, CHANTABLE, DIFFERENT SHAPE] M: Hands off the wheel F: Hands on my waist M: Heaven too real F: Hell’s got a taste M: We don’t know how to be safe F: We don’t know how to be safe M: Hands off the wheel F: Don’t look away M: City’s gon’ feel F: Whatever we make M: If we go down, we go brave F: If we go down, we go brave [BRIDGE, HALFTIME, CONFESSIONAL, NOIR] F: You ever love somebody you should never touch? Like a door that says “do not enter,” but you want it too much M: Yeah, I pray in the headlights, I sin in your smile I been lost for a while, you make lost feel worthwhile F: If I’m poison, drink slow M: If you’re fire, burn low F: Keep your hands where they are M: Let the city watch us glow [FINAL HOOK, RETURN TO OPTION A, BIGGEST] M: We drivin’ and dreamin’, lovin’ this life, but lookin’ for a meanin’ F: City lights bleedin’, kissin’ your sins, yeah, I know what you’re needin’ M: Hands off the wheel while it’s careenin’, baby, tell me you see it F: If we crash, let it be for a reason, not just for the feelin’ [OUTRO, FADE, BREATH + SYNTHS] M: Hands off the wheel F: Don’t save me M: Hands off the wheel F: Just chase me
