[Intro – breathy, stacked harmonies - female voice]
(G3 – C#5)
Mm-mm
You taste like danger in designer clothes
Lip gloss stains on my self-control
Ooh-ah
You say my name like a loaded gun
And somehow I still come undone
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[Verse 1]
(A3 – F#5)
Midnight conversations in the backseat glow
Your fingertips tracing every scar I don’t show
Sweet like venom dripping slow
I know better, but I let you close
You kiss me like you’re trying to leave a mark
Cherry red fingerprints across my heart
Everybody warned me from the start
But heaven sounds prettier in the dark
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[Pre-Chorus]
(E4 – A5 with soft runs)
You’re bad for my soul
But good for the feeling
Hands on my throat
And suddenly I’m breathing
Round and around
We ruin each other
If this is love
Why’s it feel like murder?
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[Chorus]
(G#4 – C#6 belt)
We got that common burn
Same old fire, never learn
You pull me in, I crash, I turn
Into smoke inside your arms
Baby, we’re a perfect curse
Lipstick tears and tangled words
Hurts so good it almost hurts
Too much to return
Ooh
We never heal, we only burn
Yeah, we only burn
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[Post-Chorus]
(airy falsetto + whistle ad-libs)
Burn, burn, burn
Ah-ah-ah
(Whistle: G6 → A6)
Common burn
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[Verse 2]
(C#4 – G#5)
You wear heartbreak like a custom fit
Gold chain hanging from your confidence
Say you changed, but your eyes still hit
Like a bad habit I can’t quit
Perfume mixed with cigarettes
Your shadow’s all over my silhouette
Every time I leave, you pull me back
Guess toxic love’s my favorite wreck
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[Pre-Chorus 2]
(F#4 – B5 belt)
You’re poison in gold
But I keep drinking
One touch and my whole body’s sinking
Round and around
No happy ending
Still I come back
Begging for the bleeding
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[Chorus]
(G#4 – C#6 belt)
We got that common burn
Same old fire, never learn
You pull me in, I crash, I turn
Into smoke inside your arms
Baby, we’re a perfect curse
Lipstick tears and tangled words
Hurts so good it almost hurts
Too much to return
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[Bridge – stripped back piano]
(E4 – E6 with whistles/runs)
Maybe I love the danger
Maybe I love the ache
Maybe forever was never
Something we were made to take
But when you say my name
I melt into the flame
(Run: E5–F#5–G#5–B5)
(Whistle note: A6)
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[Final Chorus – explosive]
(A4 – C#6 belts)
We got that common burn
Ashes falling while we flirt
Every touch just makes it worse
But I still want you first
Baby, kiss me through the hurt
Even if it never works
If loving you’s the way I burn
Then let the whole world watch it turn
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[Outro – layered harmonies]
(C#5 – fading whistle)
Mm-mm
Common burn
You and I never learn
(Soft whistle: G6)