aphrodisiac - RIMMI

[intro – distant bell, breathing] 쉬— don’t look at me like that i think… something’s blooming. [verse 1 – quiet, unnerving] 교실 창문, 오후의 빛 my head feels light, my chest feels tight 손으로 입을 가렸을 뿐인데 something soft falls into my hand 꽃잎 하나 (one petal) 말이 안 돼 (this can’t be real) i laugh it off, i tell myself it’s nothing i can feel [pre-chorus – unease building] 심장이 박자 틀려 (my heart’s off beat) the room starts breathing with me they’re staring, whispering “what’s wrong with her?”— i smile sweetly [chorus – chilling, controlled] call it aphrodisiac they lean closer when i cough 꽃이 피어 나를 따라와 i swear i didn’t ask for love call it aphrodisiac fear tastes sweet on their tongue they don’t run they don’t scream they just want… more of me [post-chorus – distorted whispers] petal, petal, fall for me 숨을 쉬면 (every breath) you’ll see petal, petal, don’t be shy it’s already inside your mind [verse 2 – slipping sanity] 복도에 남긴 발자국 not blood, not pain—just scent they follow like it’s instinct like they know where i went 선생님도 친구도 eyes too wide, smiles wrong they say my name like a prayer they hum my coughing song [pre-chorus – sharper] 도망쳐야 해 (i should run) but my roots dig in instead the more i panic the more they bloom inside my head [chorus – darker, louder] call it aphrodisiac every breath is spreading it 꽃잎 웃음, 병든 사랑 they call this beautiful call it aphrodisiac lock the doors, it’s far too late they don’t want a cure they want to share my fate [bridge – manic, broken rhythm] stop staring stop touching why are you smiling like that? i didn’t mean to make you want me i didn’t mean— …or did i? [bridge pt. 2 – sudden calm, terrifying] 조용해져 (be quiet now) listen how they breathe one cough, one laugh and they fall to their knees 꽃은 죄가 없어 it only knows how to grow if love is a sickness then why won’t they let me go? [final chorus – cold, dominant] call it aphrodisiac no cure inside these walls i watch the petals fall like snow as the whole school falls call it aphrodisiac say my name, you’re already gone they wanted something beautiful now it’s blooming till dawn