Don't Come Too Close

[VERSE 1 — intimate, breathy, controlled; conversational phrasing] I learned to smile when the room gets cold Learned how to glitter when I'm losing control Painted my lips like a warning flare Dared the whole world to pretend I wasn't there There's a red light burning underneath my skin It starts to glow whenever you walk in You say my name like you know what I need But wanting something isn't the same as being free [PRE-CHORUS — rising tension; increasingly melodic] I hear the machinery Turning underneath my bones Every little part of me Keeps telling me I'm better off alone But I don't know If that's love Or just the sound Of something breaking [CHORUS — huge, seductive, instantly memorable; open the melody] Come a little closer Don't come too close I want you like a secret Everybody knows Kiss me like you mean it Lie like you don't care I can be your heaven I can be your nightmare You make me feel beautiful You make me feel insane If this is what desire is I'll wear it like a name [VERSE 2 — darker; playful rhythmic phrasing with sharper consonants] I keep your photograph inside my drawer Not because I miss you I just like keeping score You put your hands around my waist I put my heart someplace you couldn't trace You called me innocent I almost laughed You never saw the woman Underneath the photograph I know exactly what you're doing You know exactly what I do We keep calling it a game 'Cause saying what we want Would make it all too true [PRE-CHORUS — stronger, darker] I hear the machinery Getting louder in the walls Every little piece of me Is waiting for the moment when it falls And I don't know If that's love Or just the sound Of something waking [CHORUS — full intensity] Come a little closer Don't come too close I want you like a secret Everybody knows Kiss me like you mean it Lie like you don't care I can be your heaven I can be your nightmare You make me feel beautiful You make me feel insane If this is what desire is I'll wear it like a name [POST-CHORUS — hypnotic; clipped rhythmic delivery] Anyway Anyway I want it anyway Anyway Anyway I want it anyway [BRIDGE — strip down; vulnerable, almost whispered] Maybe I'm not broken Maybe I'm just awake Maybe every pretty little thing I ever loved was made to break I spent my whole life Trying to be good Trying to be wanted Trying to be understood Now there's a voice inside me And she doesn't ask permission She doesn't need forgiveness She doesn't need your definition [BUILD — increasingly urgent; melodic rather than shouted] Let the strings rise Let the whole room shake Let every little promise Turn to something I can take I don't need saving I don't need a sign If I'm gonna lose myself I'm gonna choose the night [FINAL CHORUS — explosive, soaring, emotionally exposed] Come a little closer Don't come too close I want you like a secret Everybody knows Kiss me like you mean it Lie like you don't care I can be your heaven I can be your nightmare You make me feel beautiful You make me feel insane If this is what desire is I'll wear it like a name Come a little closer Watch me come alive I was never yours to keep I was only yours tonight [OUTRO — intimate, almost whispered] I can be your heaven I can be your nightmare Don't call it forever Just call it what it was [Hold final word.] Anyway