[Verse 1] You left me in the red dust With your name on my skin I wore that hurt like lipstick Let it cut right in I learned the shape of anger In the mirror’s crooked glow Now I walk like trouble Where the black roads go [Pre-Chorus] I taste the match in my mouth I feel it crawl up my throat You thought I’d fade to a shadow Baby, I’m the smoke [Chorus] Ashes on my tongue Ashes on my tongue I kiss like a warning Then I come undone Ashes on my tongue Ashes on my tongue You wanted pretty danger Now you’re the one [Verse 2] Your lies wore cheap perfume On a midnight suit I heard them click and clatter Like a gun in the booth You keep on calling my name Like it still belongs to you But every chain you gave me I turned into blue [Pre-Chorus] I taste the match in my mouth I feel it crawl up my throat You thought I’d fade to a shadow Baby, I’m the smoke [Chorus] Ashes on my tongue Ashes on my tongue I kiss like a warning Then I come undone Ashes on my tongue Ashes on my tongue You wanted pretty danger Now you’re the one [Bridge] I don’t beg, I don’t break I just burn cleaner Your last sweet lie Made me meaner So come close If you dare I got a whole dark kingdom In this stare [Final Chorus] Ashes on my tongue Ashes on my tongue I kiss like a warning Then I come undone Ashes on my tongue Ashes on my tongue You wanted pretty danger Now you’re the one Ashes on my tongue Ashes on my tongue One little spark, babe And you’re gone
