Vampire star(Unplugged)

[Kate, spoken] “Alright, how we doing out there? You guys having fun?” [crowd cheers] “Tired yet? No? Everybody still alive?” [someone shouts something from the audience] “Wait—what?” [leans toward the crowd] “The Man Who Sold the World?” [crowd reacts / cheers] [laughs] “Jesus. Going straight for the expensive requests, huh?” “Oh, I’m sorry, I can’t.” “They’re gonna sue my ass for that one.” [looks back at the band] “How about we give you one of ours instead?” “This is Vampire Star.” [short pause] “Hope you love this one just as much.” [Verse 1] We were never a love story, we were a system Two bodies locked inside a gravity well. You called it destiny. I called it distance: The kind that pulls you closer while you fall. I didn’t feel myself leaving, Piece by piece, night after night. I only knew I was growing colder While something in your window burned too bright. [Pre-chorus] They’d call it courtship if it happened on the ground. Out here, it’s just transfer - patient, slow, and sure. I keep feeding the silence in between us, And you keep shining like you never felt me disappear. [Chorus] You’re a vampire star, Burning where you are, Taking what you need So slowly it still feels like peace. I don’t hate the pull. I don’t blame the light. I just dim a little more Every single night. Vampire star, vampire star, Burning with the light you took from me. [Instrumental] [Verse 2] They’ll study us someday and name the pattern: Two stars too close - one gives and one takes. You’ll be the blue one, young forever. I’ll be the stripped-down core your hunger leaves. I gave you my mass without knowing, Called it love because it felt like need. Now you’re hotter, bluer, brighter, And I’m the husk that used to carry heat. [Pre-Chorus 2] Nobody warned me gravity could look like love - Invisible, relentless, never asking why. I keep losing what I cannot feel departing, And you keep rising every time I lose my light. [Chorus] You’re a vampire star, Burning where you are, Taking what you need So slowly it still feels like peace. I don’t hate the pull. I don’t blame the light. I just dim a little more Every single night. Vampire star, vampire star, Burning with the light you took from me. [Bridge] They call it Roche-lobe overflow: One body crosses what once kept it whole. The donor fades. The other burns Young and blue with what it never earned. They call you a blue straggler - A star reborn outside its time. Nobody writes beneath the photograph What had to disappear to make you shine. [Breakdown] STRIPPED TO THE CORE! STILL YOU SHINE! STRIPPED TO THE CORE! CALL IT DESIGN! BLUE STRAGGLER! BORROWED YOUTH! LOOK WHAT IT COST ME TO MAKE YOU NEW! [Guitar solo] [Final Chorus] You’re a vampire star, Burning where you are, Taking what you need So slowly it still feels like peace. I don’t hate the pull. I don’t blame the light. I just dim a little more Every single night. Vampire star, vampire star, Feeding on the light I used to be. Vampire star, vampire star, Still burning with the years that passed through me. [Outro] Somewhere, someone’s naming us. Donor. Companion. Not villain. Not victim. Just orbit. Just orbit. Just orbit...