Watch Me Watch You

Lyrics

[Intro]
Set the stage.
Leave the door just a fraction ajar.

[Verse 1]
I bought the ticket for the balcony view
To see the way the velvet shadows frame the room.
He’s whispering a secret I don't get to hear
While I’m pouring out the tension in a quiet chill.
The ice is melting in my glass at 1:43
And every move he makes is sending shivers right through me.

[Chorus]
Watch me watch you
Steal the breath from the room.
It’s a beautiful ruin, this magnificent doom.
I’m the architect pulling the strings in the dark
With a front-row ticket to the break of my heart.
Yeah, the sting is the sugar, the cut is the cure
When I watch me watch you, and I’m entirely yours.

[Verse 2]
His hand is tracing out a map I used to read,
Following the tempo of a different kind of heat.
You throw a glance across the shadows and the glass,
Checking if the fever is a thing that's meant to last.
It’s a terrible magic, this generous ghost,
Playing the guest when I wanted to host.

[Chorus]
Watch me watch you
Steal the breath from the room.
It’s a beautiful ruin, this magnificent doom.
I’m the architect pulling the strings in the dark
With a front-row ticket to the break of my heart.
Yeah, the sting is the sugar, the cut is the cure
When I watch me watch you, and I’m entirely yours.

[Bridge]
The pride and the panic are sharing a cab,
Racing right through me, a marvelous stab.
I built you an altar and gave him the key
Just to see if you’d look past his shoulder at me.
And you do.
You always do.

[Chorus]
Watch me watch you
Steal the breath from the room.
It’s a beautiful ruin, this magnificent doom.
I’m the architect pulling the strings in the dark
With a front-row ticket to the break of my heart.
Yeah, the sting is the sugar, the cut is the cure
When I watch me watch you, and I’m entirely yours.

[Outro]
The curtain comes down, but the echo remains.
I'm nursing the fire, I'm dropping the reins.
Keep your eyes right here.
Don't look at him.
Just watch me.