No Surprises, Michelle

A heart packed tight like a landfill

A job that slowly kills

Bruises that never heal

You look so tired, still

They talk loud but they don’t speak for us

Just static in the wires above

I’d trade it all for a quieter buzz

A room where the air don’t cut

You walk in, take off your coat

You look warm, I’ve been freezing cold

You say my name like a broken oath

I try to breathe, but I choke

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No alarms, no flashing lights

Just the hum of a ruined night

You smile sweet like dynamite

And I stay anyway

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Michelle, Michelle

You’re a beautiful personal hell

You shake and the whole room swells

I fall and I know it too well

No alarms and no surprises

Just your eyes and my compromises

Michelle, Michelle

I’m under your spell

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Handshake sweet like carbon smoke

We laugh like it’s some private joke

You lean in close, the silence chokes

Every promise we never spoke

You know just how to be cruel

Paint your lips like a loaded tool

I play calm but I play the fool

Every time I choose you

Watching you breathe in the haze

I swear I’m losing days

You dance and the whole world sways

And I fade in the gray

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No alarms, no warning signs

Just a love that blurs the lines

You ruin me in perfect time

And I stay anyway

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Michelle, Michelle

You’re a beautiful personal hell

You shake and the whole room swells

I fall and I know it too well

No alarms and no surprises

Just your eyes and my compromises

Michelle, Michelle

I’m under your spell

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If I disappear tonight

Would you even turn the light on?

Or just dance in the afterglow

Like I was never there at all

I wanted quiet, I wanted peace

But you’re the storm I keep beneath

Every breath is bittersweet

And I still don’t leave

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Michelle… Michelle…

No alarms, no farewell

Just the echo where we fell

And the lie we tell ourselves

No surprises, no escape

Just your shadow in my space

Michelle… Michelle…

I stay anyway