Ode to the villain I love

Verse 1

I loved him like fire loves oxygen

Desperate, reckless, knowing

One breath too deep would burn me down

He was sharp edges and soft lies

A symphony of smoke and sirens

The kind your mama prays away

But your shadow runs to anyway

Pre-Chorus

He kissed like confession

Every touch a sin I forgave

Every word a sermon in thorns

That I mistook for faith

Chorus

He had hell in his grin

And I built a home in it

Painted flames like sunsets

Called the ashes holy

I knew better...God, I knew better

But love dressed like danger

Tastes like freedom

To a girl whos been caged and lonely

Verse 2

He hurt me in doses I could survive

Just enough to feel alive

Never enough to leave

He broke me beautifully

Like glass in the light

Fractured but dazzling

Still shining at my feet

Pre-Chorus 2

I saw the devil in his eyes

I stayed anyway

Because he saw the chaos in mine

And didn’t turn away

He had hell in his grin

And I built a home in it

Painted flames like sunsets

Called the ashes holy

I knew better...God, I knew better

But love dressed like danger

Tastes like freedom

When youve lived caged and lonely

We were ruin with rhythm

A prayer said backwards

A war we called romance

I didn’t miss the man

I miss the ache

I miss who I was

When pain still felt like chance

Final Chorus

I loved a bad man

And part of me still does

Not because I didn’t see the devil

But because he saw the chaos

And called it love

And even now

I miss the ache

More than I ever missed the peace [repeat this last line twice]