I KNOW WHERE YOU SLEEP

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[Verse 1]

I know when you leave the light on,
I know when you cannot sleep,
I know which window you stand at
When the night gets in too deep.

You never see me in the doorway,
Never hear me on the stairs,
But every time you turn around,
You feel me standing there.

Black leather, ink beneath it,
Your name where no one sees,
You call it an obsession, baby,
I call it knowing what I need.

[Pre-Chorus]

You lock the door.
I count the clicks.
You tell yourself
I’m fucking sick.

Maybe I am.
Maybe you’re right.
So why do you look for me
Every night?

[Chorus]

Run from me, baby, I love the chase,
That little flash of fear across your beautiful face.
Tell me I’m poison, tell me I’m wrong,
Then lie awake wondering why I’m gone.

You want a good man.
I’m not that kind.
I’ve got your shadow tattooed on the back of my mind.
You can hate me tomorrow, but tonight you’re mine
In every filthy little corner of my mind.

[Verse 2]

I know the coffee that you order,
Know the shortcut that you take,
Know you touch your throat when nervous,
Know the smile you try to fake.

I know the bastards who have hurt you.
I know every fucking name.
Funny how the ones who made you cry
Don’t come around again.

You think the mask is there to scare you.
No, sweetheart, that’s not why.
It’s easier to be a monster
When you don’t look in my eyes.

[Pre-Chorus]

Say I’m insane.
Say I’m too much.
Then stop pretending
You don’t crave my touch.

You hear my boots
Outside your door.
Your head says run.
Your heart says more.

[Chorus]

Run from me, baby, I love the chase,
That little flash of fear across your beautiful face.
Tell me I’m poison, tell me I’m wrong,
Then lie awake wondering why I’m gone.

You want a good man.
I’m not that kind.
I’ve got your shadow tattooed on the back of my mind.
You can hate me tomorrow, but tonight you’re mine
In every filthy little corner of my mind.

[Bridge, quiet]

I could have taken what I wanted.
I never did.

Could have crossed that final line.
I never will.

Because the thing you don’t understand,
The thing I couldn’t understand either,
Is somewhere between hunting you
And needing you,
I started wanting you to choose me.

Not fear me.

Not surrender.

Choose me.

[Music builds]

And Christ…

That frightened me more than you ever could.

[Final Chorus]

So don’t run, baby, unless you want the chase,
Don’t hide that wicked little smile upon your face.
Call me your monster, I’ll answer the name,
But you walked into the darkness and you stayed.

I don’t want a victim.
I don’t want a lie.
I want the woman who can look this monster in the eye.
Take off my mask, see what you find,
All that violence, all that darkness…

And somehow,
you were the only thing
I never wanted to destroy.

[Outro, whispered]

I know where you sleep.

But tonight…

I’m waiting for you
to open the door..