Melanie Martinez - Inconsistent Flame

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I don’t know how to stay away from it
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The smoke always calls me to play (Come play)
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Tricky monsters conspire in the atmosphere
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Pulling me down toward their weight

[Pre-Chorus 1]
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If a fire’s burning garbage on the yard, I wanna save ‘em
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But I always end up burned, my body goes through a cremation
Am Em Dm
I forget that I can’t build with those who lack a good foundation
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Always breaking, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Chorus]
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Baby, I’m a moth and you’re the flame
C
I kept flying
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Every time you called, I always came
C
You kept lying
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Danced around your inconsistent flame
C
Wings were frying
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Somehow I was always getting blamed

[Hook]
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Be on your merry way, be better
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Both of my antennas read you like a letter
Am
I won’t be around a fake caterpillar
Bb C
Get in your cocoon, baby, don’t be bitter

[Verse 2]
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Don’t expect me to cradle you gently
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I know that my boundaries were thin
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Transformation destroyed all the pages
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Of patterns we once were locked in

[Pre-Chorus 2]
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Now my instinct won’t be rushing
Bb C
To your rescue on a Sunday
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When you’ve had enough parading
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And displaying of your bouquet
Am
It’s all thorns with petals scorched
Em Dm
And ribbons tied so fucking loosely
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Wouldn’t choose it (Ah)
Bb C
Yeah, yeah

[Chorus]
Am Bb
Baby, I’m a moth and you’re the flame
C
I kept flying
Am Bb
Every time you called, I always came
C
You kept lying
Am Bb
Danced around your inconsistent flame
C
Wings were frying
Am Bb C
Somehow I was always getting blamed

[Outro]
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