Sweet Sin, Bitter Halo

[Verse 1]
Gold rings on his fingers
Warm wine on his tongue
Says
“Child
I made the garden
Every gate
Every gun”
He talks about mercy
While counting every scar
Tells me
“Love is obedience”
But he’s staring at my heart
[Pre-Chorus]
You say you’re the flame
You say he’s the flood
I’m caught in the crossfire
Between thirst and blood
[Chorus]
Lucifer
Lay me down slow
Kiss all the parts that he called “don’t”
If this is wrong
Then I want it deeper
Sweet sin
Bitter halo
Keeper
If God is good
Why do I feel
More alive when I break his ideal?
Lucifer
Tell me your secret
If he’s the truth
Why does this feel like it?
[Verse 2]
He wrote out the rulebook
In letters carved in stone
But you write on my shoulder
Like skin was your throne
He swears he’s the savior
But he bargains in fear
You just offer a shiver
And whisper in my ear (come here)
[Pre-Chorus]
He says you’re the wound
You say you’re the cure
I’m lost in the shadow
Of what feels pure
[Chorus]
Lucifer
Lay me down slow
Kiss all the parts that he called “don’t”
If this is wrong
Then I want it deeper
Sweet sin
Bitter halo
Keeper
If God is good
Why do I feel
More alive when I bend
When I kneel?
Lucifer
Tell me your secret
If he’s the truth
Why does this feel like it?
[Bridge]
Maybe he’s lying
Maybe you are
Maybe I’m just tired
Of swallowing stars
If heaven is honest
Why does it hide?
If evil is you
Why do I open wide? (oh)
[Chorus]
Lucifer
Lay me down slow
Teach me the taste of my own soul
If this is sin
I don’t want redemption
Write my desire as your new scripture
If God is good
Why do I breathe
Like your name is the air I need?
Lucifer
Blur every limit
If he’s the truth… why do I live for this?

Dark, sensual alt-pop over slow, pulsing bass and whispered percussion; male vocals close-mic’d, breathy and intimate. Verses slink with minimal pads and a lazy groove; chorus swells with stacked harmonies, distorted sub, and shimmering high synths. Bridge strips to vocal and low drone before the final, more desperate hook crashes back in., sensual