Teeth Beneath Your Halo

I heard the warning before you spoke,

Felt the danger underneath your bones.

You smiled like you already knew,

Every broken thing I'd been through.

And I stayed.

God, I stayed.

A stranger beneath a dying light,

Crooked smile in the dead of night.

You asked me if I was okay,

Like you knew I'd lie anyway.

Something wrong behind your eyes,

Something sweet about your lies.

I saw the hunger in your stare,

The way you watched me standing there.

I knew that something wasn't right,

But you made danger feel like light.

EVERY WARNING SOUNDED LIKE YOU!

EVERY RED FLAG BURNED SO BRIGHT!

I SAW THE MONSTER IN YOUR SHADOW,

BUT I WANTED YOU THAT NIGHT!

And I know there's something broken,

In the way you say my name.

But my heart keeps running toward you,

Like a moth into the flame!

You know the songs I love to play,

Remember things I never say.

You notice every little detail,

The things that everybody else forgets.

Sometimes laughter leaves your face,

And something colder takes its place.

I don't need another savior,

Don't need someone to call me theirs.

But you look at me like heaven,

And it scares me how much

I care.

Maybe I should fear the silence,

When you watch me fall asleep.

Maybe all your pretty promises Are just another way to keep me.

I've survived enough to know,

Love shouldn't feel like losing control.

I KNOW YOU'RE NOT AN ANGEL!

I KNOW YOU'RE NOT A SAINT!

I SEE THE BLOOD UPON YOUR HALO!

I SEE THE CRACKS BENEATH THE PAINT!

BUT I'M NOT YOUR MARTYR!

AND I'M NOT YOUR CURE!

EVERY WARNING SOUNDED LIKE YOU!

EVERY RED FLAG BURNED SO BRIGHT!

AND I WON'T PRETEND I MISSED THEM,

JUST BECAUSE I STAYED THAT NIGHT!

Oh, I see the teeth beneath your halo,

And the shadows you walk through.

I'm not falling for the darkness...

I'M FALLING DESPITE YOU!