[Intro] Yeah… Chrome roses… Cold metal love… —don’t bloom… don’t bloom… ⸻ [Pre-Verse] You pull up, eyes low, neon flicker on your face Say you don’t believe in love, but you still crave the taste Hands cold on my wheel, but your voice got heat Say, “Don’t get attached,” while you climbing in my seat ⸻ [Verse] Thrift store lace with the tiger paint stare Cherry gloss shining like a warning flare Wrist ink pressed where my pulse line beats Two ghosts riding through these dead-end streets Double shift scars in your fingertips Grease-stained dreams in your busted zip Countin’ tips in a paper bag fold Talkin’ big like we never been broke I said I’d change, yeah, I said that before Now your name echo through a slammed car door Every promise glitch when I hit that line Now I’m scrollin’ through the man I left behind ⸻ [Hook] Chrome roses in the cup holder Petals cut from every time I broke your heart Hood love, yeah, we run it colder Sirens singing while we tear ourselves apart You say, “We too damaged” I say, “That’s how we manage” Chrome roses, we don’t bloom right Still we grow under the streetlight ⸻ [Breakdown] (Choke—choke—choke—) We don’t bloom right! (Dead love—cold touch—) Still we hold tight! Tear me down—build me up—watch me fall again Love like a loaded gun, let it jam again ⸻ [Pre-Verse] Mama said I’d end up just like him Short fuse spark with a violent wind You just laugh, say “text me when you home” But I know you track every place I roam ⸻ [Verse] Cash tucked deep in your worn-out sole One-way ticket but you never go Talk about leaving like a bedtime prayer But you still right here breathing my air I keep plans in a shattered screen glow Versions of me that you’ll never know Swipe past lies that I learned to sell Every “I love you” got a glitch in hell You say “leave,” but you grip my sleeve Like pain the only thing we believe And I hate that I need that fire Like scars the only proof of desire ⸻ [Hook] Chrome roses in the cup holder Petals cut from every time I broke your heart Hood love, yeah, we run it colder Blue lights flashing while we fall apart You say, “We too damaged” I say, “That’s how we manage” Chrome roses, we don’t bloom right Still we grow under the streetlight ⸻ [Breakdown] (Drag me down!) Into the dirt where the love don’t grow (Cut me out!) But you never really let me go Bleed in rhythm, hearts off-beat We find heaven in a back alley street ⸻ [Verse] If I learned how to stay, would you trust me then? Or we addicted to the chaos within? If the sirens died and the nights went still Would we feel alive or just feel… real? Your head on my chest but your guard still high Like you waitin’ for the moment I say goodbye And I hate that you right when you read my eyes I been halfway gone since the first damn night But you still choose me in the worst damn ways Through the smoke, through the fights, through the long lost days And I don’t deserve that, I know that truth But I still pull you close like I’m bulletproof ⸻ [Hook] Chrome roses in the cup holder Petals cut from every time I broke your heart Hood love, yeah, we run it colder Kissing shadows while we fall apart You say, “We too damaged” I say, “That’s how we manage” Chrome roses, we don’t bloom right Still we grow under the streetlight (Oh-oh) Yeah, chrome roses in the streetlight ⸻ [Breakdown] (NO BLOOM!) We don’t grow the same! (NO TRUTH!) Just a different kind of pain! Rip the roots—watch it bleed in chrome We built this hell and we call it home ⸻ [Bridge] If it all went quiet… If the sirens finally slept… Would you still ride beside me With your secrets on your chest? If I lost this temper… If I learned to stay instead… Would we still feel special… Or just safe in a clean bed…? ⸻ [Outro] [Guitar / Electronic Scratch Solo]
