*"Taste" by Darkstar** **[Intro - slow-building bass drone with trap hi-hats]** ⸻ **[Verse 1 - Melodic emo-rap flow, intimate delivery]** Tell me, are you heaven or my worst mistake? Can't tell the difference when I'm wide awake Your hands feel like salvation on my skin But maybe you're the devil pulling me in I've been praying to a god I don't believe But when you touch me, I'm down on my knees Are you the answer or just another high? Can't tell if you're my cure or how I die ⸻ **[Pre-Chorus - Building, trap drums entering]** I've got a river running straight to you I've got a blood trail cutting through Something you do, the way you move **[Building intensity]** I taste the divine when I taste you ⸻ **[Chorus - Clean vocals, melodic and desperate, full band]** Did I mistake you for a sign from God? Or are you here to watch me fall apart? Maybe you're just here to turn me on While I'm burning up, while I'm barely holding on These days I'm lying when I say I'm fine But when you're inside me, I feel alive Am I making something holy into sin? Can't tell where you end and I begin ⸻ **[Verse 2 - Faster emo-rap, more desperate]** Trace my tattoos like you're reading my mind Every scar's a story of the shit I survived You say you love me even when I'm gone But I'm afraid I'll break you before long Used to be someone before the grief took hold Now I'm just addicted to the way you feel, I'm told Are you saving me or am I dragging you down? Into this wreckage, into holy ground ⸻ **[Pre-Chorus - More intense]** I've got a river running red for you I've got a blood moon rising through Something you say, the way you move **[Explosive]** I taste forever when I taste you ⸻ **[Chorus - Heavier, layered vocals]** Did I mistake you for a sign from God? Or are you here to watch me fall apart? Maybe you're just here to turn me on While I'm burning up, while I'm barely holding on These days I'm lying when I say I'm fine But when you're inside me, I feel alive Am I making something holy into sin? Can't tell where you end and I begin ⸻ **[Bridge - Soft, vulnerable, Sleep Token atmosphere building]** **WHISPERED/CLEAN:** Tell me you're real and not another ghost Tell me I'm not poison to what matters most Your body's the only church I know The only place I don't feel alone **[Building with atmospheric guitars]** Maybe I'm corrupting something pure Maybe you're the only thing I'm sure Of anymore, of anymore You're all I'm living for ⸻ **[Breakdown - Mix of screamed and clean, sensual heaviness]** **HARSH:** I TASTE THE DIVINE! **CLEAN:** (When I'm losing my mind) **HARSH:** I TASTE THE DIVINE! **CLEAN:** (In the middle of the night) **BOTH:** Am I salvation or your suicide? **BOTH:** Are you my demon or my guiding light? ⸻ **[Instrumental Section - 12 bars, Sleep Token-style polyrhythms]** *Jackie's drums: Technical, sensual groove* *Katie's bass: Deep, hypnotic pulse* *Alex's guitar: Atmospheric, building tension* ⸻ **[Final Chorus - Most intense, all elements colliding]** **CLEAN:** Did I mistake you for a sign from God? **HARSH:** (OR ARE YOU HERE TO TEAR ME APART?!) **CLEAN:** Maybe you're just here to turn me on **BOTH:** While I'm burning up, while everything is wrong **CLEAN:** These days I'm lying when I say I'm fine **HARSH:** (BUT WHEN YOU'RE INSIDE ME I FEEL ALIVE!) **CLEAN:** Am I making something holy into sin? **BOTH:** Can't tell where you end and I begin ⸻ **[Outro - Fading, atmospheric with whispered vocals]** I taste the divine (Are you heaven or my demise?) I taste the divine (Can't open my eyes) I taste the divine (Are you real or am I high?) I taste the divine when I taste you **[Final atmospheric fade - distant drums, reverb-heavy guitar]**
