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I crave to see your dark side, even if I drown in flame.

I’m aching to catch up, and I still don’t know why.

Oh, darling, your tainted touch is my only lullaby.

Chorus

Oh, darling, won’t you come a little closer?

Ease the ache. Ease the ache.

Oh, darling, where are you going?

You’re the poison in my veins.

A sick remedy of pain.

And I, I won’t ever be the same.

Verse 3

I’ve snared a sullen beast, one I can not seem to tame.

Clinging to faultless hope, in this tragic game we play.

‘Cause I wanted a little warmth, to ease the growing ache.

Oh, darling, please won’t you tell me, tell me to stay.

Verse 4

Oh, darling, there’s a price to learn all of your secrets.

So I’ll taste your poisoned words, and down their bitter sweetness.

I’ve danced within the darkness, tasted forbidden fruit,

Now I'm left to reckon with the acrid, twisted truth.

Ending Chorus

Oh, darling, won’t you come a little closer?

Push the ache. Push the pain.

Oh, darling, won’t you stay a little longer?

Sweet bitterness. Lullaby of death.

56. ONCE A BRAT, ALWAYS A BRAT

December 5

Day One-Hundred

“Try reversin’ the lines,” Carter suggested.

“Okay.” I erased the lyrics, switching them like he said. Then I looked it over, singing it in my head first and then out loud. I gave a nod. “Yeah, I like that. It flows better.”

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