CHATTE Music III

CURE

Lyrics, Melody, Vocals : Chatte       Music : D.West                                 Pic Cover by

You show up like midnight medicine

Door half open

Heart half broke

You trace all the hurt I never mention

Read every bruise like a secret note

You say "Lay down

Let me check your breathing"

Tongue on my scars

Calling out my pain

Every little sigh feels like treatment

Every little touch rewires my brain

Your body is a cure I keep needing

Dose of you and all my aches fade slow

Skin on skin

My broken parts start healing

You're the only therapy I know

Write your name across my pulse

It's steady

Every time you pull me close

I mend

Your body is a cure

I'm not ready

To ever call this anything but medicine

You work my stress out with your fingers

Press on the places I try to hide

Prescribe two kisses every hour that lingers

You say "Take me daily You'll feel alive"

You treat my doubts like a fever breaking

Sweat out the ghost from another life

In the quiet after

When my chest stops shaking

You listen so close

Like you're saving my mind

Your body is a cure I keep needing

Dose of you and all my aches fade slow

Skin on skin

My broken parts start healing

You're the only therapy I know

Write your name across my pulse

It's steady

Every time you pull me close

I mend

Your body is a cure

I'm not ready

To ever call this anything but medicine

You say "Tell me where it hurts the worst"

I guide your hands

You move inwards

First every breath we trade feels like a vow

I'm addicted to the way you treat me now

Your body is a cure I keep needing

Dose of you and all my aches fade slow

Skin on skin

My broken parts start healing

You're the only therapy I know

Write your name across my pulse

It's steady

Every time you pull me close

I mend

Your body is a cure

Keep me ready

For another night of you as my medicine

HEXES CAN'T HOLD HEAVEN

Lyrics & Melody : Chatte 

She was backstage

Tracing his last name on her thigh

Then his brother

Thought it was his turn to try

She wore a new ring

Still she slipped it off at night

Left a good man

For a tangle of stage lights

Every vow she broke

Turned into another spell

Candles on the floor

Smoke on her hands

I watched your world fall

Like you lived inside her hell

But I was standing

Past the ash and the glass

Hexes can't hold heaven

You can't cage what's meant to rise

She can twist her little needles

Still the truth will split the lies

Yeah she cursed your sweetest future

Tried to poison every sign

But love that's born in daylight

Can't stay buried in her night

Hexes can't hold heaven

Universe is on our side

She burned photos

Prayed your baby wouldn't cry

Whispered dark words

Every time your wife would try

Then a small hand

Curled around your shaking thumb

And her shadows

Started choking when he came

So she called it war

Went hunting for a stronger chain

Every candle darker

Every wish more cruel

You walked out that door

Stumbled straight into my name

Found a quiet corner

Far from all her rules

Hexes can't hold heaven

You can't cage what's meant to rise

She can twist her little needles

Still the truth will split the lies

Yeah she cursed your sweetest future

Tried to poison every sign

But love that's born in daylight

Can't stay buried in her night

Hexes can't hold heaven

Universe is on our side

She can scratch my face in mirrors (hey)

Write my name in broken glass

Send her shadows through the keyhole

But they shatter when they pass

I lay all this hurt on altars

Let the higher current move

What is real does not need armor

What is mine won't ask for proof

Hexes can't hold heaven

You can't cage what's meant to rise

She can twist her little needles

Still the truth will split the lies

Let her drown in all her potions

Let her bargain

Beg And bind

I've got angels in my corner

I've got starlight in my spine

Hexes can't hold heaven

God and cosmos draw the line

BLACK CANDLE GROUPIE

Lyrics & Melody : Chatte

You were there Way before I ever knew his name 

Sneaking in his brother's bed 

Like you owned the flame 

Then you ran off Shiny ring 

Playing perfect little bride 

While you're sliding through his past 

On the very same night 

Married man on your phone 

You were grinning in the dark 

Tracing circles in the air 

Trying to tattoo his heart 

Whispered curses in the smoke 

Begging heaven to deny Every heartbeat in her womb 

Till the cradle ran dry 

You're just a black candle groupie 

Burning low in a borrowed light 

Playing victim in the movie 

While you're staging every fight 

But I'm the dawn through your curtains 

I'm the truth in his tired eyes 

You can dance with every shadow 

God and the stars still draw the lines 

She (the wife) was praying for a child 

You were chanting for a loss 

Counting every empty month 

Like another little cross 

Then a baby finally cried 

And you turned your fire up 

Tying knots around his mind 

Poison flowers in his cup 

He walked out on his home 

Stumbled right into my glow (oh) 

Thought the story broke in half 

Didn't know you wrote the show 

I was peace I was clear 

You were shaking at the door 

Tore my name out of his mouth 

Left our pieces on the floor 

You're just a black candle groupie 

Burning low in a borrowed light 

Playing victim in the movie 

While you're staging every fight 

But I'm the dawn through your curtains 

I'm the truth in his tired eyes 

You can dance with every shadow 

God and the stars still draw the lines 

Light don't bargain with the dark 

Faith don't answer to your fear 

Every spell you ever sparked 

Just exposed what you revere 

I'm not begging for his hand 

I'm not fighting for his love 

I just handed you your mirror 

Let the cosmos rise above 

You're just a black candle groupie 

Burning low in a borrowed light 

Playing victim in the movie 

While you're staging every fight 

I'm the dawn through your curtains 

I'm the storm that passed you by 

You can dance with every shadow 

God and the stars still draw the lines

CAN'T TURN RIGHT INTO WRONG

Lyrics & Melody : Chatte

She was backstage green room jealous 

Eyes on every wristband Every pass 

Slipped from your brother to your bedroom 

Thought her shadow love would last 

Then a white dress Ring on her finger 

Still she crept back through your door 

You were wearing your own promise 

She was keeping secret score 

But rituals can't kill the sun 

Can't turn right into wrong 

You can chant her name a thousand times 

It won't rewrite our song 

She can burn through every candle Till the very air is gone 

But God and the universe 

Already know what's done is done 

Hearts stopped in tiny hospital rooms 

Prayers tangled in the sheets 

Every month another heartbreak 

She blamed ghosts for your defeats 

Then a baby boy Crying midnight 

Little miracle in your hands 

She ran deeper into shadows 

Trying harder to command 

But rituals can't kill the sun 

Can't turn right into wrong 

You can chant her name a thousand times 

It won't rewrite our song 

She can burn through every candle Till the very air is gone 

But God and the universe 

Already know what's done is done 

Then you walked out of that storyline 

Signed your papers Drove away 

Found me standing in the daylight 

Not a bargain Just a grace 

She went crazy with her curses 

Tore the threads that held us tight 

Left us shaking in the aftershock 

But truth still outshines spite 

'Cause rituals can't kill the sun 

Can't turn right into wrong 

You can scratch my name in broken glass 

It won't erase our bond 

She can howl into the darkness 

Till her bitter breath is gone 

But God and the universe 

Already know what's done is done 

Let her circle round in circles 

Let her summon every storm 

We are bigger than her poison 

We were always being born 

When the candles drown in silence 

And her lonely spell is done 

All that's left is quiet mercy 

And a rising Higher sun

MESSY ALTARS, HOLY FIRE 

Lyrics & Melody : Chatte       Music :

You were backstage 

She was in his brother's lap first 

Backseat promises 

Lip gloss Cheap black skirt 

Then she walked an aisle 

Finger in a borrowed ring 

Still dialed his number 

Said "I'll give you everything"

Married man 

Midnight calls 

Hotel keys and bathroom stalls 

She drew candles 'round his name 

Prayed his wife would feel the pain 

Messy altars Holy fire 

You can't curse what God desires 

You can twist You can lie 

You can cry on cue 

But the truth cuts through 

All your shadows 

All your smoke 

Every chain Every word you spoke Yeah 

You tried to write my ending in the dark 

But the Universe rewrote my heart (oh-oh, holy fire) 

Tiny shoes Never got to touch the floor 

Tiny names etched in dust behind a door 

Then a son came 

Breathing through the broken glass 

She just turned the candles up 

Tried to trap him in the past 

Played the saint Played the scar 

"Look what loving did, Look at all these marks" 

He signed divorce with shaking hands 

Walked out through her shaken plans 

Messy altars Holy fire 

You can't curse what God desires 

You can twist You can lie 

You can cry on cue 

But the truth cuts through 

All your shadows All your smoke 

Every chain Every word you spoke Yeah 

You tried to write my ending in the dark 

But the Universe rewrote my heart (yeah, my heart) 

Then he met me 

Sun in his eyes for the first time 

I was peace 

He'd only ever tasted landmines 

She got loud Jealous of a quiet kind of light 

Tore us down Tore us apart 

But she can't touch what's held by higher hands tonight         (held so high, so high) 

Messy altars Holy fire 

You can't curse what God desires 

You can twist You can lie You can bruise this love 

But we rise above 

All your shadows All your smoke 

Every chain Every word you spoke Yeah 

You tried to write my ending in the dark 

But God and the Stars still guard my heart 

Messy altars Holy fire 

Watch it burn through every liar (holy fire, holy fire)