Carson After Dark
Lyrics
Verse 1
Golden boy,
tailored praise
Carson name,
carved in graves
Law books open,
face unread
Dutiful son with a split-head spread
I smile in court,
I bow at home
Polish on top,
black bone on bone
Outside, I’m clean,
inside, I spark
Little red matches
in a locked-up dark
I keep it tight,
I keep it neat
I leash the urge
and feed it sleep
But one wrong night,
one bad bet
One velvet room,
one blood-quick sweat
Debauchery tastes
like a dare gone thin
Then the walls lean close
and the villain wins
Pre-Chorus
I buried it deep
where the shame don’t breathe
Wrapped in silk and lies
and a law-degree
Then your name walked in
like a blade in light
New professor, same face
from that ruined night
Chorus
Don’t make me choose
Don’t make me choose
You know what I know
and I know you knew
Don’t make me choose
Don’t make me choose
Expose your sins,
I expose mine too
Verse 2
You write my case
with a steady hand
Explain criminal law
like you planned this land
Every word hits hard,
every glance too calm
Like you’re reading my pulse
through a scholar’s arm
Classroom hush,
my throat goes dry
You wear that suit
like a clean disguise
I saw your shadow
in a crowded room
Now it sits at the desk
with a polished tune
I should stand up,
say your real name
Split this world open,
start the chain reaction game
But if I pull that thread,
my whole house burns
Carson empire cracks
and the lesson turns
So I play composed,
I play polite
While you light that match
with a surgeon’s sight
Pre-Chorus
I buried it deep
where the shame don’t breathe
Wrapped in silk and lies
and a law-degree
Then your name walked in
like a blade in light
New professor, same face
from that ruined night
Chorus
Don’t make me choose
Don’t make me choose
You know what I know
and I know you knew
Don’t make me choose
Don’t make me choose
Expose your sins,
I expose mine too
Bridge
Breakdown
You call it control
I call it a chain
You know my stain
I know your name
One move, one leak,
and the whole thing shakes
One truth too loud
and the mask breaks
Final Chorus
Don’t make me choose
Don’t make me choose
You know what I know
and I know you knew
Don’t make me choose
Don’t make me choose
Expose your sins,
I expose mine too
Don’t make me choose
Don’t make me choose
We both got ghosts
and they both got teeth
Don’t make me choose
Don’t make me choose
Because your fall
looks a lot like me