fake love

Lyrics

[Intro - low swampy guitar chords, distant whistle, gritty female whisper over double drums and bass]
Mmm... yeah...
I can smell the lie in your cologne
Got a cold little heart
And a tongue made of stone

[Verse 1 - gritty raspy female vocals, hand-clap stomp groove, dirty slide guitar, bass growling underneath]
You came struttin’ in like a Sunday saint
But your halo cracked, and your words ain’t what they paint
Every sweet little promise, every kiss on cue
Was a pocket full of nothin’ and a soul that ain’t true

I wore your name like a chain on my chest
You wore my trust like a game and a test
Now the moon got teeth and the night knows why
Your smile’s all smoke and your love’s a lie

[Pre-Chorus - tension building, stacked harmonies, wobbling guitar bends, drums tightening]
Oh, I see it now in the red-lit haze
All that honey on your mouth was a heatwave phase
You don’t love me, no, you just love the thrill
But I can hear that devil laugh under your will

[Chorus - explosive southern blues-rock, gritty shout vocals, harmonized hook, heavy bass, wobble guitar, big drums]
Your love is fake love, fake love, baby
Cold as a knife and twice as shady
You say “forever,” but you mean “for now”
I’m done believin’ your sweet-talk vows
Your love is fake love, fake love, yeah
Nothin’ but a fire that don’t burn fair
You can keep that poison, keep that pretty disguise
I see the truth in your liar’s eyes

[Verse 2 - darker groove, whisper-to-rasp vocal delivery, distorted guitar stabs, deeper bass pulse]
You left a trail of smoke through my broken room
Like a midnight prayer and a cheap perfume
I found your shadow in the back of my mind
Sneakin’ through the cracks where the hurt don’t die

And I ain’t no fool in a velvet dress
I been kissed by trouble, I know a mess
So keep on walkin’ with your hollow grin
I’m takin’ my heart back, I ain’t lettin’ you in

[Pre-Chorus - rising intensity, raspy whistle accents, layered grit harmonies]
Oh, I hear the truth in the thunder roll
You can’t buy back a heart once it knows
You don’t love me, no, you love control
But I’m a wildfire now, and I’m lettin’ go

[Chorus - bigger, angrier, full-band stomp, shouted ad-libs, filthy guitar wobble]
Your love is fake love, fake love, baby
Cold as a knife and twice as shady
You say “forever,” but you mean “for now”
I’m done believin’ your sweet-talk vows
Your love is fake love, fake love, yeah
Nothin’ but a fire that don’t burn fair
You can keep that poison, keep that pretty disguise
I see the truth in your liar’s eyes

[Bridge - stripped-back swamp blues, whispered female vocal, whistle motif, then rising distortion]
Mm-hmm... I was your soft place to land
But you built your house on quicksand
Now the river’s callin’, and I’m lettin’ it take
Every last dream you tried to fake

[Final Chorus - full-throttle southern rock blowout, gritty shouts, stacked harmonies, heavy drums, bass, distorted guitar swells]
Your love is fake love, fake love, baby
Cold as a knife and twice as shady
You say “forever,” but you mean “for now”
I’m done believin’ your sweet-talk vows
Your love is fake love, fake love, yeah
Nothin’ but a fire that don’t burn fair
You can keep that poison, keep that pretty disguise
I see the truth in your liar’s eyes

[Outro - fading whistle, echoing guitar chords, dark reverb, defiant whispered ad-libs]
Yeah... I see you now
Fake love...
Ain’t no love at all