Slow Poison

[Verse 1]
You walk in
Like a friendly flood
Smile sweet
Dripping gasoline
Every word
Little needle in my skin
I breathe you in
And you rot me clean
[Pre-Chorus]
I keep saying
"it's the last hit
Last time"
But your name crawls
Right up my spine
[Chorus]
You're my slow poison
Running through my veins
Pretty fucking venom
Wrapped in my own shame
I sip your lies
Like I’m sipping on wine
You’re my slow poison
And I stand in line
[Verse 2]
You say "relax"
While you twist the knife
Turn my doubts
Into lullabies
You call it love
I call it getting high
On every little
Goddamn compromise
[Pre-Chorus]
I keep shaking
But I hold out my throat
You say "trust me"
And I fucking choke
[Chorus]
You're my slow poison
Running through my veins
Pretty fucking venom
Wrapped in my own shame
I sip your lies
Like I’m sipping on wine
You’re my slow poison
And I stand in line
[Bridge]
Yeah
You gut me
With that sugar tongue
Little cuts
’til I come undone
If this is love
Then it’s killing me
But I’m addicted
To the way it bleeds (yeah)
[Chorus]
You're my slow poison
Running through my veins
Pretty fucking venom
Tattooed in my brain
I drink you down
Like I’m begging to die
You’re my slow poison
And I don’t ask why

rock, Aggressive alternative metal with female vocals; low-tuned guitars locked to a grinding, syncopated groove, snare hits sharp and dry. Verses ride a tense half-time pocket with glitchy electronic pulses under the riff; chorus explodes double-time with stacked, shouted harmonies and a soaring lead. Bridge drops to filtered drums and distorted bass before a final, all-out wall of sound and screamed ad-libs., nu metal, metal, electronic, alternative rock, hard rock