I signed my name in chalk
On a smeared backdoor
You called me brother
Then you asked for more
Kept your secrets tucked
In my coat so thin
Now the room got colder
Every time you grinned
Your debts wore my face
At the corner booth
I kept nodding yes
Like that meant truth
Gold tooth smile
Cold bone grin
Every favor
Cuts from within
Say my name soft
Like you care
There’s a tab on loyalty
Hanging in the air
I paid the price
(Price, price)
Loyal to the bite
(Bite, bite)
I paid the price
(Price, price)
Now you want my light
(Light, light)
You take, take, take
Then you leave me bare
I paid the price
For the way I care
You wore my silence
Like a second skin
Sent me into alleys
To keep you in
I heard the laugh
From the other room
Like silver forks
Inside a tomb
And every promise
Turned to dust
You kept the circle
I kept the rust
My hands still shake
When the door swings slow
I know that look
I know that show
Gold tooth smile
Cold bone grin
Every favor
Cuts from within
Say my name soft
Like you care
There’s a tab on loyalty
Hanging in the air
I paid the price
(Price, price)
Loyal to the bite
(Bite, bite)
I paid the price
(Price, price)
Now you want my light
(Light, light)
You take, take, take
Then you leave me bare
I paid the price
For the way I care
Now the mirror knows
What you made of me
A saint in a ledger
With a missing key
I hear your footsteps
In the empty hall
Same old grin
Same old fall
I paid the price
(Price, price)
Loyal to the bite
(Bite, bite)
I paid the price
(Price, price)
Now you want my light
(Light, light)
You take, take, take
Then you leave me bare
I paid the price
For the way I care