Don’t leave yet
the night ain’t done with us
yeah

Stay for the smoke, stay for the spark
Stay where the heat leaves a mark
One more pull, one more slow-heart joke
Stay for the smoke, stay for the smoke

Neon dust on the edge of your cheek,
red room hush and a bassline creep
You were halfway gone when you looked my way,
like a bad idea asking me to stay

I had one low grin and a glass gone warm,
black shirt dark in the amber storm
Slide guitar bled through a trunk-rattle low,
made your whole cool slip when the lights dipped gold

You said, “I should go,” but your feet stayed still,
little soft-mouth lie with a sharp-hand thrill
I know that move, I know that heat,
when the want gets loud but the voice stays clean

Short breath, slow turn
let that burn
Some nights don’t beg, they pull you close,
and this one wore your name in the smoke

No hard sell, no grand display
Just your pulse and the room saying wait
You can call it wrong, but it felt too right
to let that door kill this light

Stay for the smoke, stay for the spark
Stay where the heat leaves a mark
One more pull, one more slow-heart joke
Stay for the smoke, stay for the smoke

Stay for the dark, stay where it glows
Stay where the truth gets worn in low
You don’t need forever to lose control
Stay for the smoke, stay for the smoke

Ash on the edge of a half-burned thought,
your hand in mine like a dare I caught
Blue light flashed from a street somewhere,
but in here the night just thickened the air

I traced one line down your wristbone slow,
like I knew a place only fire could go
You said my name with a velvet drag,
all sugar on top with a danger tag

Kick drum hit like a backseat prayer,
808 under the midnight stare
I don’t talk sweet, I talk just enough,
make a soft thing shake when the room gets rough

Long look, no rush
don’t break touch
You leaned in close and the whole world blurred,
like the smoke learned how to say one word

No hard sell, no grand display
Just your pulse and the room saying wait
You can call it wrong, but it felt too right
to let that door kill this light

Stay for the smoke, stay for the spark
Stay where the heat leaves a mark
One more pull, one more slow-heart joke
Stay for the smoke, stay for the smoke

Stay for the dark, stay where it glows
Stay where the truth gets worn in low
You don’t need forever to lose control
Stay for the smoke, stay for the smoke

Maybe it’s late
maybe that’s why it feels holy
Maybe the dark makes a liar feel honest
when nobody’s looking closely

One room
two shadows
three sparks in a row
You don’t always stay for the person
sometimes you stay for the glow

Stay for the smoke, stay for the spark
Stay where the heat leaves a mark
One more pull, one more slow-heart joke
Stay for the smoke, stay for the smoke

Stay for the dark, stay where it glows
Stay where the truth gets worn in low
Leave with the dawn if you need to go
But stay for the smoke, stay for the smoke

Don’t leave yet
the night ain’t done with us
yeah
stay for the smoke