I’m burning and I never wanna give in,
You’re the song I’ll play forever,
Every word, every note, every letter,
If the world goes dark like the sun’s blown a fuse,
I’ll still be yours…
You’re my forever muse.
He kicked back the stool and stood, pausing to adjust the microphone to his level. New patrons were pouring into the bar, coaxed in from the street, pressing inside until it was almost too crowded to move.
Roxie’s hands were pressed to her mouth, but she still didn’t moved. I started to wonder if this was going to work, or if it was a mistake.
Riot was now singing with enthusiasm, his lips pressed right up against the mic, his dark hair matted to his temple with sweat as he began the second verse.
Your hips move like a loaded gun,
Yeah, you’re a slow-motion setting sun,
Every gaze makes the sinners pray,
Makes the saints want to run away.
You taste like midnight and cherry and truth,
Like every reckless dream of my youth,
When you gasp my name, I come undone,
You’re the moon and my trigger and my only one.
Yeah. You got that heat in your veins,
I’d crawl through hell just to feel you again…
The bar was pandemonium now, and I could barely see Roxie through the press of bodies. But then someone shifted, and there she was, standing on her feet and moving to the music as Riot hit the chorus like a sledgehammer.
You’re my muse in the flame, my beautiful fire,
Every caress of your lips drives me higher!
Your body’s a spark on my skin,
I’m burning and I never wanna give in!
You’re the song I’ll play forever,
Every word, every note, every letter!
If the world goes dark like the sun’s blown a fuse,
I’ll still be yours…
You’re my foreveeeeeer muse.
I threw my arm around Cash and kissed him on the cheek. For once, he didn’t groan and shove me away—he just grinned as we watched our bandmate, our best friend, win back the woman that we didn’t realize we were close to losing.
