Devoted to the Danger

Lyrics

[Verse 1] You leave one glove beside my door, Black silk holding yesterday. I read the crease across your palm Like a vow you wouldn't say. The roses in the silver bowl Have learned the shape of your perfume. I keep the window latched at night, Still I make room in every room. [Pre-Chorus] Tell me why your name Turns the lock inside my chest. I could run from every flame, But your ruin feels like rest. [Chorus] I am devoted to the danger, To the mouth that makes me wait. You are the beautiful stranger I invite to seal my fate. If love is a fever, let it rise, Let it take the careful part of me. I want your dark, I want your eyes, I want the chain and call it free. [Verse 2] Your letter sleeps beneath my glass, Folded where the candle bends. I know the weight of every pause, I know where every sentence ends. The violin beneath the stairs Keeps one note beneath the dust. I touch the string, it answers low, As if the house remembers us. [Pre-Chorus] Tell me why your name Turns the lock inside my chest. I could pray to stay the same, But your ruin feels like rest. [Chorus] I am devoted to the danger, To the mouth that makes me wait. You are the beautiful stranger I invite to seal my fate. If love is a fever, let it rise, Let it take the careful part of me. I want your dark, I want your eyes, I want the chain and call it free. [Bridge] Come closer, slowly, Let the old world lose its claim. No promise holy, Only breath and borrowed flame. If you disappear by morning, I will wear the wound like gold. Every warning becomes worship When your hand is in my hold. [Final Chorus] I am devoted to the danger, To the mouth that makes me wait. You are the beautiful stranger I invite to seal my fate. If love is a fever, let it rise, Let it take the careful part of me. I want your dark, I want your eyes, I want the chain and call it free. [Outro] Leave one glove beside my door, Let the silence say your name. I will keep the window latched, And invite you in the same.