The Way You Stared Me Down

Verse 1

Midnight on the mattress

Your fingers traced my spine slow

You looked down and I looked up

And neither one of us blinked

That one hard stare

Before my lips went wandering

You held my hair back like a leash

And I let you pull me in

Pre-Chorus

I need you to end it clean

Before dawn finds my skin

Chorus

The way you kissed me

That's the thing that haunts me now

The way you stared me down

When I went down on you

This grip on my throat

Won't loosen up no matter what I do

So finish me off

So I don't have to remember you

Post-Chorus

Finish me off

Finish me off

Don't let me keep you

Verse 2

Those gasps became my heartbeat

Those moans became my name

I still hear them ringing

When I'm praying you won't stay

Your breath cut through the quiet

Sharp like a held-back scream

And I collect those sounds

Like a girl gone desperate

Pre-Chorus

I need you to end it clean

Before daylight shows the seams

Chorus

The way you kissed me

That's the thing that haunts me now

The way you stared me down

When I went down on you

This grip on my throat

Won't loosen up no matter what I do

So finish me off

So I don't have to remember you

Post-Chorus

Finish me off

Finish me off

Don't let me keep you

Bridge

Kill the memory slow

With your hands on my collarbone

End me gently

Say it's over when I'm not home

Leave no trace of your mouth

On the hollow of my throat

Chorus

The way you kissed me

That's the thing that haunts me now

The way you stared me down

When I went down on you

This grip on my throat

Won't loosen up no matter what I do

So finish me off

So I don't have to remember you

Post-Chorus

Finish me off

Finish me off

Don't let me keep you