Yeah
You taste like trouble that takes its time
mmm

Slow damage, honey — go on, work on me
Sweet-mouth venom in a Tennessee drawl
You don’t hit hard, you just hurt complete
Slow damage, honey — go on, work on me

You came in clean with a blade-soft smile,
high heel hush and a low-cut wild
Red light bled on the side of your face,
whole room froze when you changed that pace

I was all black smoke and a don’t-blink stare,
you were cool like sin with your hands in your hair
No cheap lines, no loud first move,
just that look that said, “Let me ruin you”

Kick hit low like a backseat threat,
your perfume sat where the bass got wet
I kept one hand on the edge of the booth,
other one trapped in the pull of your truth

Short breath, slow grin
come closer
Some kinds of fire don’t flare, they feed
and you knew exactly what to do to me

No crash, no flame, no warning sound
Just that silk-on-steel when you come around
I could walk, but I already knew
some hurts arrive looking good on you

Slow damage, honey — go on, work on me
Sweet-mouth venom in a Tennessee drawl
You don’t hit hard, you just hurt complete
Slow damage, honey — go on, work on me

Slow damage, honey — no rush, no mercy
Leave that heat where it don’t leave easy
You don’t break skin, you just mark the deep
Slow damage, honey — go on, work on me

Phone face down and the room spun gold,
you talked real low like a dare half-told
Neon cut through the ice in your drink,
made a bad man pause just enough to think

Then you leaned in close with that velvet kill,
all soft on top with an iron will
Said my name like a cigarette burn,
nice and slow just to watch me learn

808 rolled like a storm held back,
your nail traced one line down the small of my back
I don’t bruise loud, I bruise in style,
let it sink in deep and deny it a while

Long look, no laugh
you know that
You wore patience meaner than jealousy
and I wore want like a felony

No crash, no flame, no warning sound
Just that silk-on-steel when you come around
I could walk, but I already knew
some hurts arrive looking good on you

Slow damage, honey — go on, work on me
Sweet-mouth venom in a Tennessee drawl
You don’t hit hard, you just hurt complete
Slow damage, honey — go on, work on me

Slow damage, honey — no rush, no mercy
Leave that heat where it don’t leave easy
You don’t break skin, you just mark the deep
Slow damage, honey — go on, work on me

Maybe you’re the kind
that never leaves a scene
Maybe you just leave a body
thinking about what you mean

One touch
two drinks
three words too late
You don’t make chaos
you make it accumulate

By morning I’ll act like I handled it clean
But tonight you’re rewriting what damage means

Slow damage, honey — go on, work on me
Sweet-mouth venom in a Tennessee drawl
You don’t hit hard, you just hurt complete
Slow damage, honey — go on, work on me

Slow damage, honey — no rush, no mercy
Leave that heat where it don’t leave easy
Take your time, leave your mark on me
Slow damage, honey — go on, work on me

You don’t hit hard
you hurt complete
yeah
go on, work on me