Marinade Lyrics - Kelley James

Alone in the dark 

Afraid of the light 

Can you just stay for half of the night? 

I really need it just to live inside these walls 

I'm one of those caught in between 

What I had said and what I could mean 

What is right and what I really think I want 

Your kisses like stars aren't for me, aren't for now 

They're for anyone who wants to take a look 

I'd give anything just to see, just to be under the sky 

When midnight comes unhooked 

[chorus] 

I need you here 

I want you bad 

I love the taste of your marinade 

So let me marinate 

Only once, never again 

Why don't we tell all of our friends? 

We keep it secret while we're lying in these threads 

Only once never again, that's what we said, I won't regret 

You treat me like you've always had me here 

Shadows hide the real me, the real you 

The poison keeps us numb from the truth 

I know that you sleep with a clear mind 

With my arm across your chest 

But when I'm with you, I'm not with you 

This malaise will never rest 

You rise from the depths with a bottle and a dress 

Just enough to make me guess, little preview 

I'm staring at the moon while you're doing what you do 

And you say you like it too but I can see through 

We're Romeo and Juliet mixed with booze and sugar sweat 

She says I'm not finished yet, from the gutter to a private jet 

Keys on a motel TV set, watching reruns to forget 

Choose the wrong fish in the net 

That's just what you're gonna get