[Verse 1]
At the crossroads, you were gone
I still saw your coat in the rain
Oracle said, "Turn back now"
I laughed and kissed the pain
Bayou water on my boots
Church bells rust in the dark
I followed your outlaw eyes
Past the train bridge, past the spark
[Pre-Chorus]
She read my palm in ash
Said, "Girl, that love will bite"
I spit, "Let it bite me then"
And rode straight into night
[Chorus]
I want you bad
I want you bad
Even fate can't hold me back
I want you bad
I want you bad
Let the noose go slack
[Verse 2]
Your hands were a fever hymn
On the edge of my hungry skin
I knew the trap in your smile
Still I leaned and let you in
Now the mirrors speak your name
And the floorboards know my curse
Every sweet thing I ever held
Turns to iron in my purse
[Pre-Chorus]
She read my palm in ash
Said, "Girl, that love will bite"
I spit, "Let it bite me then"
And rode straight into night
[Chorus]
I want you bad
I want you bad
Even fate can't hold me back
I want you bad
I want you bad
Let the noose go slack
[Bridge]
The bells keep counting my steps
One by one through the mud
Thunder writes on the tin roof
What I can't wash from my blood
If I die with your taste on me
Let the river take my vow
I chose your breath over warning
And the end is coming now
[Final Chorus]
I want you bad
I want you bad
Even fate can't hold me back
I want you bad
I want you bad
Let the noose go slack
I want you bad
I want you bad
Let the dead come and talk back