Venom & Honey

Verse 1

(soft bassline, distant organ, slow drum build)

She walks in like she owns the room

Fire in her step, thunder in her tune

Sharp-tongued angel with a devilish grin

Knows exactly where my weakness lies within

She don’t smile for free, she don’t play nice

Rolls her eyes when I ask for advice

Says “baby, if you want me, you gotta stand the heat”

And I know I should leave, but I’m stuck at her feet

Pre-Chorus

(strings start rising, synths swell)

She’s got a bite just as good as her kiss

Half sweet sugar, half burning mist

I tell myself “run” but my feet won’t’t turn

I know this is fire, but I live where it burns

Chorus

(full band – heavy bass, driving drums, layered vocals, dramatic harmonies)

Oh she’s venom and honey, poison and gold

Got an attitude cold as the winter road

I try to break free, try to walk away

But I’m right back here beggin’ to stay

She’s sharp edges and velvet, storm and calm

Got my heart chained tight in the palm of her hand

Yeah I know she’s dangerous, know I should run

But I can’t stay away, no I can’t stay away from her

Verse 2

(bass forward, tambourine, hazy electric piano)

She’ll argue all night just to watch me react

Walk away cool like she never looked back

Then she’ll look at me once and I’m putty again

Crumble and melt and forget where I’ve been

Friends say “boy you’re out of your mind”

“She’ll eat you up whole and leave you behind”

I tell them they’re right, put on a brave face

Then I’m knocking at her door, beggin’ for grace

Pre-Chorus

(strings swell louder)

She’s got a bite just as good as her kiss

Half sweet sugar, half burning mist

I tell myself “run” but my feet won’t turn

I know this is fire, but I live where it burns

Chorus

(full, rich sound – harmonies echoing)

Oh she’s venom and honey, poison and gold

Got an attitude cold as the winter road

I try to break free, try to walk away

But I’m right back here beggin’ to stay

She’s sharp edges and velvet, storm and calm

Got my heart chained tight in the palm of her hand

Yeah I know she’s dangerous, know I should run

But I can’t stay away, no I can’t stay away from her

Bridge

(sparse – just organ and soft vocals, then builds)

Some men want gentle, some want sweet

Me? I want the storm that knocks me off my feet

She don’t apologize, she don’t apologize for who she is

And that wild, wild heart?

God, that’s exactly what it is…

(drums kick back in hard, bass thudding)

I don’t want easy, I don’t want calm

I want the girl who could break my heart in her palm!

Guitar/Organ Solo

(bluesy, fuzzy, 70s psychedelic vibe – wailing but melodic, then fades into haze)

Chorus

(double-time energy, big layered vocals, wall of sound)

Oh she’s venom and honey, poison and gold

Got an attitude cold as the winter road

I try to break free, try to walk away

But I’m right back here beggin’ to stay!

She’s sharp edges and velvet, storm and calm

Got my heart chained tight in the palm of her hand

Yeah I know she’s dangerous, know I should run

But I can’t stay away, no I can’t stay