Lyrics

[Verse 1]

She looked at me like a question mark
Lit by moonlight, leanin’ in the dark
Said, “You’ve got hands that could cut a man clean,”
Then walked away like nothin’ had been.

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[Verse 2]
There was blood on the deck, and heat in her breath
She traced the edge of her blade like a threat
I caught her eyes on my mouth when I laughed
She never kissed me, but she always leaned back.

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[Chorus 1 – rising]
And I’d have killed for her—hell, maybe I did
Took the cutlass, took the ship, and I ran where she hid
But she had Jack in her bed and a plan in her grin
I had hope like a fool and a fire in my skin.

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[Verse 3]
She said “You’re not like the rest of these men,”
Then dared me to prove it again and again.
We drank in the rigging, we danced with the smoke,
I drew her body in air with each move that she spoke.

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[Chorus 2 – more cracked, bitter]
And I’d have burned for her—hell, I still might
I followed her flag just to stand in her light.
But she was never leaving, not him, not the past,
I was the pause in her breath, not the breath that would last.

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[Bridge – quieter, slower]
She said, “Don’t make this more than it is,”
But she gripped my wrist when the pistol missed.
And I read every look like it meant she was mine—
But I was just wind in the sails she designed.

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[Chorus 3 – final, hollow and proud]
And I fought like a man, and I loved like a thief,
And I learned how to lie with a knife in my teeth.
But if dying was glory, then longing’s the price—
She gave me a look. I gave her my life.

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[Outro – whispered, fading with long guitar reverb]
She gave me a look…
I gave her my life…