Mess Like Me
Mark Starling
You make chaos
Look like a question mark
Eyes of fire
Lips all dark
I should have known from your crooked grin
That loving you meant not fitting in
You dance on the edge of that pool
Turn my quiet into something cruel
And I, I followed like a moth to flame
Said I wouldn't but I took your name
Now my friends don't call, they just pray
That I'll crawl out one of these days
But darling, I don't want the cure
If this is what the fever's for
'Cause you make chaos look like poetry
Twist my heart into your melody
I'm burning, I'm broken, but I'm alive
In your hurricane, I learned to survive
They don't get it, but I can see
There's beauty in a mess like me
You love like thunder, fast and loud
Tearing through me, unallowed
You call it art, I call it scars
You paint your truth across my heart
We don't talk, we combust
We build palaces then burn the trust
But I'd rather crash with you full speed
Than coast in someone else's peace
Yeah, I'm losing sleep, I'm losing time
But somehow, baby, I feel fine
They all say this won't end well
But I'm already under your spell
'Cause you make chaos look like poetry
Twist my heart into your melody
I'm burning, I'm broken, but I'm alive
In your hurricane, I learned to survive
They don't get it, but I can see
There's beauty in a mess like me
Maybe I was meant for wild things
Not glass rings and diamond strings
Maybe I was meant to break
To love the risk, not just the stakes
You make chaos look like poetry
And I wear your love like a legacy
I'm bleeding, I'm laughing, I'm finally free
In the wreckage, you're the best part of me
So let the storm come, let them flee
There's beauty in a mess like me
(Mess like me)
(Mess like me)