Heavy Melody

[Verse 1] I sell stories one line at a time Tell me what you need, boy What do you want to buy? I’ve got it all, even once upon a time I could tell you ’bout the climb [Pre-Chorus] To a place where the melody numbs the regret First taste is free [Stop-time] But you ain’t heard nothing yet [Chorus] My pockets are heavy with the words I haven’t said While you’re hungry for the visions spinning ’round inside my head You’re looking for a savior in a three-minute track But once I sell the melody, I can’t take it back It’s a heavy habit, babe, and I’m the one who pays the fee ’Cause you’re getting high on the things that are killing me [Verse 2] I’m bagging up the metaphors and selling you the dream Injecting every heartbeat right into the silver screen You want a happy ending? That’ll cost a little more I’ve got the purest poetry right behind the door [Chorus] My pockets are heavy with the words I haven’t said While you’re hungry for the visions spinning ’round inside my head You’re looking for a savior in a three-minute track But once I sell the melody, I can’t take it back It’s a heavy habit, babe, and I’m the one who pays the fee ’Cause you’re getting high on the things that are killing me [Bridge] So take a hit of the hook, let the bridge burn slow I’m peddling the highs and the lows you know Just a silver-tongued pusher with a pen in my hand Selling heaven in a bottle to the broken in the stands I don’t deal in the cheap stuff, the radio-sweet I’ve got that diamond-cut sorrow, that heavy-metal beat It’s a custom-made habit, tailored right to your soul I’m selling back the pieces that the world went and stole So step into the light, boy, don’t be so shy I’ve got a melody that’ll teach you how to fly [Final Chorus] My pockets are heavy with the words I haven’t said While you’re hungry for the visions spinning ’round inside my head You’re looking for a savior in a three-minute track But once I sell the melody, I can’t take it back It’s a heavy habit, babe, and I’m the one who pays the fee ’Cause you’re getting high on the things that are killing me