Hold your tongue 'til you can get it right
So highstrung and trying to pick a fight
Choking up and pulled like a fly to the flame
Yeah, do the twist and fake out.
Oh, I'm your thing bumping in the night
So it's war and not the civil kind
No way back and no escapes to erase
Yeah, do the twist and fake out

Hot and screaming hallelujah
But I don't pray
A dirty thought, try and keep it out
I got it caught but it's c-c-creeping out
If you're gonna hurt me, do it
Straight in the eye
You got this thirst to confess and leave it
I know you're worst at your best, believe it

Show some teeth 'cause you're a carnivore
Slow down, breathe, because here comes some more
Smoke and seethe and come back fresh from the fray
You're giving it away now
Snap out or I'm gonna find I've been
Trapped in your claws and dripping from your chin
I tap out 'cause I've from the pan to the flame
You're giving it away now

Hot and screaming hallelujah
But I don't pray, yeah
A dirty thought, try and keep it out
I got it caught and now it's punching, kicking, beating out
Plot and scheming how to prove to ya
But you won't tame, yeah
A dirty thought try and keep it out
I got it caught but it's c-c-creeping out
I got this hunger to believe it
Trying to try
I know a stray by the way she sleeps and
The way I play's gotta be for keeps and
If you're gonna hurt me, do it straight in the eyes
This aint a test, you've been cursed to keep me
I know you're best at your worst--believe me