You light a cigarette with a haunted kind of grace

Like every flame reminds you of some old, forgotten place

You say love’s a loaded word, like a pistol in a prayer

And I swear I saw the wreckage in the way you didn’t care

But I stay, though I bleed

On every word you never mean

You wear your wounds like jewelry

Cold and cut like luxury

I’m dancing with the world’s most jaded lover

You don’t flinch when I uncover

All the cracks beneath your smile

God, it’s tragic and beguile

Every kiss feels like a dare

Like you’re halfway out the door but still right there

You love like it's a warzone

But I can't leave this ghost alone

Your laugh’s a little bitter, like a drink you didn’t want

Your touch is kind of distant, like you're always on the hunt

You told me not to trust you, said your heart’s a dead-end street

But I swear I saw the sky once, in the way you looked at me

Now I lie here, bruised in bloom

Tracing shadows in your room

You're the art of sabotage

But damn, I crave the camouflage

I’m dancing with the world’s most jaded lover

You don't break, you just recover

Every silence, sharp and clean

Like a knife behind the screen

You love me like a myth

Like I’m some old dream you can’t admit

You burn like you're alone

But I can't leave this ghost alone

Maybe I’m the fool that stayed

Hoping you’d believe in fate

But even broken hearts still beat

And yours keeps time with mine, off-key

I'm tangled in the arms of the world's most jaded lover

We’re both faking sleep under thin, cold covers

You say love's just passing time

But you linger every line

You love like it’s the end

But somehow start again

You haunt me like your own

And I can’t leave this ghost alone