Stay Sweet

Verse 1

Still sweet, the fever never falls away

Tongue heavy with syrup, slow-motion decay

My name is stuck in my own teeth

Letters blur

Nerves burning, but hands can’t move

Mother’s voice, soft through rotten light —

Hold still, baby, hold still

(Just hold still)

Amber over skin, gold inside my mouth

One word, then nothing

Just the drip —

Just the drip

Chorus

It’s warm, it’s wrong, honey in the air

I don’t hurt, I don’t leave

It’s warm, too long, won’t ever cool down

I dissolve, but don’t believe

Post-Chorus

Stay sweet, stay sweet

Sugared sleep

Let me be

Let me be

Verse 2

Time buckles, bends; a rubber room

I try to think of snow, remember ice

Memory scabbed in the marrow, dark and golden

Fractures of childhood; broken bikes, blood on knees

Needles dancing under skin;

Pulse sticks thick

Can’t mourn, can’t dream

Trapped in tricolor — gold, bruised, black

Senses tangle in a loop

Nothing left but sweetness, sour crawling under ribs

One more trip

One more trip

Chorus

It’s warm, it’s wrong, honey in the air

I don’t hurt, I don’t leave

It’s warm, too long, won’t ever cool down

I dissolve, but don’t believe

Post-Chorus

Stay sweet, stay sweet

Sugared sleep

Let me be

Let me be

Bridge

Drip drip, stillness sticks, can’t quit

Drip drip, memories split, still fit

Pressure presses, panic presses, molasses breath

I don’t know where the body ends, the amber begins

Let me peel away, peel away

Can’t peel away

Verse 3

Nothing moves but the ache —

Nostalgia gnaws, sugar rots

Eyes open, don’t blink

Vision gold and gone

Mother, say my name, keep it bright

Say it again

Say it again

Chorus

It’s warm, it’s wrong, honey in the air

I don’t hurt, I don’t leave

It’s warm, too long, won’t ever cool down

I dissolve, but don’t believe

Post-Chorus

Stay sweet, stay sweet

Sugared sleep

Let me be

Let me be

Outro

Let me be

Just the drip

Just the drip

Just the drip