No One Leaves Clean

You came in sharp
Like a switchblade smile
And I stayed

You talk like smoke in a locked hotel
Low light, hard truth, and a hint of hell
Every word lands wrong in the right way
Every good thing turns mean when you say my name

Your hands were clean when you touched the glass
Mine were shaking from the fallout fast
No one here gets out looking holy
We just trade scars and call it knowing

You take a little
I take a little more
Then we act surprised
At what we're bleeding for

No one leaves clean
Not you, not me
Not after all the sparks
We buried in the sheets

No one leaves clean
Not after this
We loved like open wires
We touched and took the hit

You wore that look like a loaded dare
Cold enough to kill, but I kept you there
We made a house from collapsing walls
Then blamed the fire when it took us all

I heard your voice in the bathroom tiles
In slammed car doors and crooked smiles
You said forever like a threat at midnight
I said: Fine like I wanted that life

You push a little
I push until it breaks
Then we call it love
Just to excuse the shape

No one leaves clean
Not you, not me
Not after all the sparks
We buried in the sheets

No one leaves clean
Not after this
We loved like open wires
We touched and took the hit

Tell me again
How this was only bad timing
Tell me again
Why the room still sounds like your name

You pulled the worst from the best in me
I made a religion out of the wreck
We held each other like enemies
And called that respect

You wanted truth
I gave you damage
You wanted peace
I gave you panic

No one leaves clean
Not you, not me
Not after all the sparks
We buried in the sheets

No one leaves clean
Not after this
We held each other close
And burned down everything

No one leaves clean
That's the price of it