Poison and Perfume

Intro

(F) Soft chain on my neck, your name on my skin, ooh-oh

(M) Candle in the dash, late call that I can’t resist, yeah

(F) We taste like danger and sugar

(M) We burn like we need it (need it)

Verse

(F) I saw you with her at the corner bar, laughing too loud, yeah (too loud)

(F) I pretended it didn’t bruise me, put on my shine, played the crowd

(F) I kissed a stranger down the road to prove I’m okay (nah)

(F) But when the silence hits, I’m dialing you anyway (oh-oh)

Pre-chorus

(M) I’m jealous but I’m selfish, every time you leave I break (I break)

(F) I run into the arms of anyone who makes the ache feel fake (fake)

(M) We fight, we fake it, then at midnight we collide (we collide)

(F) Toxic like a secret that we swear we won’t confide (won’t confide)

Chorus

(Both) We’re poison and perfume, and we keep coming back (keep coming back)

(Both) We tear it up then patch the cracks (patch the cracks) yeah

(Both) You cheat the sun for a little flash, I chase the crowd to hide the black (hide the black)

(Both) But baby, every drunk kiss, every wrong turn — we come back, we come back (we come back)

(Both) Oh-oh, we come back, we come back (we come back)

Verse

(M) She puts on red, makes the room tilt, her laugh cuts like glass (skrrt)

(M) I tell myself I’m different now, I’m moving fast, I’m past

(M) I hold a hand in a different light, but it won’t last (nah)

(M) When the city sleeps you’re on my tongue, I’m drinking past my past (yeah)

Pre-chorus

(F) You look like trouble that I promised I would never keep (never keep)

(M) I’m reaching for a memory that plays me in my sleep (in my sleep)

(F) We scorch the good and gild the bad, we trade the truth for thrill (for thrill)

(M) We say we’re finished, then we circle back against our will (against our will)

Chorus

(Both) We’re poison and perfume, and we keep coming back (keep coming back)

(Both) We tear it up then patch the cracks (patch the cracks) yeah

(Both) You cheat the sun for a little flash, I chase the crowd to hide the black (hide the black)

(Both) But baby, every drunk kiss, every wrong turn — we come back, we come back (we come back)

(Both) Oh-oh, we come back, we come back (we come back)

Bridge

(F) I know you’re reckless, I know you lie (I know, I know)

(M) I know you tempt me, with every alibi (with every alibi)

(F) We both taste guilt and glory, same page different lines

(M) You say you’ll leave tomorrow, I say I’ll change my mind

(F) We spin the same confessions, like records on repeat (on repeat)

(M) Hands on your hips, and then it’s bittersweet (bitter-sweet)

(F) We promise we’re done but the sheets tell the truth

(Both) We’re addicts to the broken — baby, addicted to you

Chorus

(Both) We’re poison and perfume, and we keep coming back (keep coming back)

(Both) We tear it up then patch the cracks (patch the cracks) yeah

(Both) You cheat the sun for a little flas