Red Light Blink

[ Lyrics ]

Red light blink — I pretend I don't see.
Red light blink — I pretend I don't see.

He said he’d call at eight, it’s almost one a.m.,
light from his phone cuts through the room like a guilty friend.
I saw a name pop up, laughing face, too familiar,
his thumb hovered quick — like he just hit a trigger.
He kissed my neck like he was sorry in advance,
tasted like champagne and a second chance.
I should’ve asked, but I just leaned in slow,
let his hands undo what my brain already knows.

The AC hums the truth I’m trying to outrun,
we’re not late-night magic — we’re damage having fun.
But when he pulls me close, the warning fades to gray,
I trade my peace for this, and I call it okay.

Red light blink — I pretend I don't see,
messages dancing like they’re meant to be.
Red light blink — I pretend I don't see,
but you do — 
Red light blink — I pretend I don't see,
lover with secrets, still feels like me.
Red light blink — I pretend I don't see,
but you do — 

\nFound his jacket on the floor, phone still in the pocket,
open to a thread — emoji heart, no joke in it.
He said, ‘It’s nothing,’ voice like velvet on a blade,
then turned the screen off, pulled me into the shade.
We danced in silence, bodies talking loud,
his touch an alibi, his breath a curtain cloud.
I wore his lie like a second skin,
let the backboard creak while the truth slipped in.

I still want him, even when I know the score,
intimacy built on a locked front door.
So I quiet the voice, let the feeling win,
pretend desire’s the same as letting him in.

Red light blink — I pretend I don't see,
ghosts in the gallery, just him and me.
Red light blink — I pretend I don't see,
but you do — 
Red light blink — I pretend I don't see,
lover with walls, still feels like me.
Red light blink — I pretend I don't see,
but you do — 

I could say something. I could name it. I could leave.
But then I’d have to grieve — not him, just the idea of me.
The woman who leaps before she looks,
who loves so loud she drowns out the crooks.

So I stay. Not because I'm blind —
but because I like the way he makes me feel like I’m fine.

Red light blink — I pretend I don't see,
dancing on the edge of what could kill me.
Red light blink — I pretend I don't see,
but you do — 
Red light blink — I pretend I don't see,
love with an expiry, still feels like me.
Red light blink — I pretend I don't see,
but you do — 

Red light blink… 
I pretend I don't…