[Intro]
Ash on the altar
Wax on your wrists
Name in a circle
Drawn in my fists
[Verse 1]
You lit the match
In the hollows of my chest
Watched the colors crawl
Up the cracks you left
Every promise
Pinned like feathers in my skin
I said “take anything”
You said “let me in”
[Chorus]
This is our ritual of the bruised heart
Kiss the wound
Then tear it apart
Lay me down
Where the shadows start
I burn for you
In the ritual of the bruised heart
[Verse 2]
You hum a prayer
Over teeth and tiny scars
Offer every hurt
Like a map of faded stars
I drink your anger
From the hollow of your throat
Love tastes holy
When it chokes me slow
[Chorus]
This is our ritual of the bruised heart
Kiss the wound
Then tear it apart
Lay me down
Where the shadows start
I burn for you
In the ritual of the bruised heart
[Verse 3]
You trace a circle
In the dust around my face
Say “every pain we kept
Has a place
Has a place”
I feel you shaking
But your voice is iron bright
“Let me be the ghost
That keeps you up at night” (oh)
[Chorus]
This is our ritual of the bruised heart
Kiss the wound
Then tear it apart
Lay me down
Where the shadows start
I burn for you
In the ritual of the bruised heart
[Outro]
Ash on the altar
Wax on your wrists
Love in a circle
I can’t escape this
Whisper my name
Till your throat turns stone
Ritual over
But it owns our bones