Burning Up For You [Intro] Thermostat broke in my chest Groove still rolling slow I ain’t cooling down I just let it show (It’s you) [Harmony1] Ooh — take the heat Ah — take the heat All of it All of me [Verse1] You walk in and the air gets expensive Every breath costs more than the last Acoustic keeps a civil conversation While the bass confesses fast I was doing fine with a quiet life Now I’m spending nights like stolen cash One look and the fuse is already gone Ain’t no putting that fire back [Prechorus] Don’t tell me easy Don’t tell me wait This thing don’t simmer It don’t negotiate (Come here) [Chorus] Burning up for you Every wire in me lit Burning up for you I can’t make a truce with it Burning up for you Consumed is a small word for this If desire had a ceiling We already broke the bricks (Burning) [Harmony2] Ooh — no ceiling Ah — no ceiling Take the whole house Take the feeling [Verse2] I try to talk like a careful man Words come out smoked around the edge Your name sits heavy on my tongue Like a match I ain’t supposed to strike Drums stay polite then lean in close Brass just blushes at the sides I’m a porch light left on all summer Waiting on the dark to arrive [Prechorus2] Don’t pour water Don’t preach sense This heat came looking It ain’t leaving hence (Stay) [Chorus2] Burning up for you Every wire in me lit Burning up for you I can’t make a truce with it Burning up for you Consumed is a small word for this If desire had a ceiling We already broke the bricks (Burning) [Harmony3] Ooh — broke the bricks Ah — broke the bricks Give me that fever Give me that fix [Verse3] I used to measure want in teaspoons Now it’s weather, now it’s flood You don’t even have to touch me And I’m paying in sweat and blood Sleep tries the door and turns around Work tries my name and I forget All I got is this warm low roll And a hunger that won’t reset [Prechorus3] Say the word Or say nothing Either way I’m coming (Now) [Chorus3] Burning up for you Every wire in me lit Burning up for you I can’t make a truce with it Burning up for you Consumed is a small word for this If desire had a ceiling We already broke the bricks (Burning) [Verse4] They talk about love like a slow dance This ain’t that kind of room This is the engine past the red line This is the flower and the tomb I’d trade the cool, I’d trade the pride I’d trade the man I meant to be If the price of keeping you close Is I never get my temperature free [Bridge] Who owns this heat? You do I do The night Where does it go? Through me Through you Then higher Call it hunger Call it ruin Call it the only true I ain’t asking for a rescue I’m asking for more of you (More) [Outro] Burning up for you Still lit Burning up for you That’s it Kill the lights Leave the groove Let me burn For you (For you)
