Michelle
Roots rock, swampy acoustic, dark folk, haunting vocal delivery, raspy blues tenor, open tuning guitar, sparse percussion, emotive storytelling, soulful resonance, Southern gothic acoustic rock, melancholic blues, 90s radio rock, raspy soulful vocals, slide guitar, raw, emotive, mid-tempo, gritty soulful male vocal, raspy blues-rock vocal, southern rock preacher energy, swaggering classic rock frontman, emotionally raw vocal delivery, expressive screams and blues phrasing, loose and imperfect in a good way, gravelly voice, unpolished
Michelle
Roots rock, swampy acoustic, dark folk, haunting vocal delivery, raspy blues tenor, open tuning guitar, sparse percussion, emotive storytelling, soulful resonance, Southern gothic acoustic rock, melancholic blues, 90s radio rock, raspy soulful vocals, slide guitar, raw, emotive, mid-tempo, gritty soulful male vocal, raspy blues-rock vocal, southern rock preacher energy, swaggering classic rock frontman, emotionally raw vocal delivery, expressive screams and blues phrasing, loose and imperfect in a good way, gravelly voice, unpolished
Lyrics
Verse 1
Smoke in the air
Me I’m half-dead
You laughed at the band
Said they were in your head (yeah)
You walked in that smoky dive bar
Boots loud on the cracked tile floor
You ordered your usual poison
Like you’d been here a thousand nights before
Pre-Chorus
Same stool
Same crooked smile
You carved your name
In the wooden scar
You said “Pour ’til it feels like flying”
I said “I just work this bar”
Chorus
Same chair
Same drink
Same sin
You push, I pull
We spin (we spin)
I finally gave in
Gave in
Like a match to your gasoline grin
Same stare
Same dare
Same line
You burn straight through my spine
I finally gave in
Gave in
Now I’m crashing into your skin
Verse 2
It’s 3 a.m.
Keys in my fist
You said “Lock the door
Don’t you dare resist”
You tilt your head
I tilt this world
Yeah, I know exactly where this goes
You kept cash on the table like secrets
Till I finally let you get close
Pre-Chorus
“Let me lock up the bar,”
I mutter low
You just smirk
Slide closer in
You say “Turn that sign to gone”
Like I’m confessing every grin
Chorus
Same chair
Same drink
Same sin
You push, I pull
We spin (we spin)
I finally gave in
Gave in
Like a match to your gasoline grin
Same stare
Same dare
Same line
You burn straight through my spine
I finally gave in
Gave in
Now I’m crashing into your skin
Bridge
We went back to my place
Walls thin
Heart loud
No grace
Shoes tossed
Keys hit the floor
Every never nailed to the door
Are we sinners or just bored?
Are we bodies or a war?
You say “This stays in your room”
Like a ghost signing its doom
Chorus
Same chair
Same drink
Same sin
You push, I pull
We spin (we spin)
I finally gave in
Gave in
Like a match to your gasoline grin
Same stare
Same dare
Same line
You burn straight through my spine
I finally gave in
Gave in
Now I’m branded under your skin
Outro
Last call ringing in my skull
Your name etched into the wood and wool
If you walk in that dive again
I’ll pretend I don’t cave
Then I’ll give in
(again)