Haunt Me Gently

(Verse 1)

You move like a whisper through the cracks in my skin

A quiet kind of chaos pulling me back in

I swore I’d burn the bridge, salt the earth where we stood

But you bloom in the ashes like you said you would

I keep tracing your shadow on the back of my mind

Every place that I run, you are not far behind

You tell me “let go,” but your hands don’t release

Love shouldn’t hurt, but maybe I need the bleed

(Pre-Chorus)

You’re the calm in my veins, then the shaking

A prayer I can’t stop myself from breaking

(Chorus)

If loving you ruins me, let it ruin me slow

Haunt me gently, I don’t want to let you go

Wrap your silence ’round my throat just like a vow

If I’m losing myself in you, I’ll take the fall right now

If loving you ruins me—

Then ruin me, somehow

(Verse 2)

I breathe you in deeper than the air that I need

You’re a beautiful sickness, and I crave the disease

Your kiss is confession, your touch is a crime

And I’d plead guilty twice, just to do it one more time

You’re the flicker of light in the room where I drown

The voice in the choir dragging me underground

I know I should run, but I stay when it’s cold

’Cause your darkness feels warmer than being alone

(Pre-Chorus)

You’re the lie that I choose to believe in

The cut that I keep, because I need it

(Chorus)

If loving you ruins me, let it ruin me slow

Haunt me gently, I don’t want to let you go

Wrap your silence ’round my throat just like a vow

If I’m losing myself in you, I’ll take the fall right now

If loving you ruins me—

Then ruin me, somehow

(Bridge)

I’m not afraid of hell if you’re with me there

Drag me under, I’ll follow, I don’t care

If this is the end, then don’t pull me away

Let me drown in the words that you never say

(Chorus – Final)

If loving you ruins me, let it ruin me slow

(Stay and haunt me, stay and haunt me)

Haunt me gently, I don’t want to let you go

(Stay and haunt me, stay and haunt me)

If surrendering everything brings me to you

Then take what’s left of me, tear the soul in two

If loving you ruins me—

Then ruin me, it’s true