Released: November 20, 2020
Songwriter: Jewel
[Verse 1]
Go ahead, touch me like that
The way you pull my hair back
Go ahead, breathe me in
Bite me 'til I bleed and
This love is like barbed wire
Running through my veins
Nicotine love
[Verse 2]
Go ahead, hurt me like that
I've been hurt before
I won't be fixed again, I'm not afraid to sweat
'Cause I like the pain and it's familiar to me
And more gentle than most men will ever be
Nicotine love
[Chorus]
But don't get me wrong
I don't want a friend
I just need you hеre to help me satisfy this childish sin
This insatiablе desire, a hunger so deep
You will melt on my tongue and I will put you to sleep
And I'll press you like petals 'til you're fragile and thin
Then I'll breathe you in
Nicotine love
[Verse 3]
It hurts just right
Not to know your name
But feel that body beneath me struggling
As though in if some strange way it were the same
As when I was with him
Then I'll make you promise that you'll peek and
Then I will crush your little heart because I can
Because it happened to me
Nicotine love
[Verse 4]
So come here, baby
My honey, cutie pie
Let my fingers swim like pale fish through your hair
So that I can tell you that I love you
You'll say, "Never let me go" and
You wonder why it is I'm here
But patience, soon it will be all too clear
Nicotine love
[Chorus]
But don't get me wrong
I don't want a friend
I just need you here to help me satisfy this childish sin
This insatiable desire, a hunger so deep
You will melt on my tongue and I will put you to sleep
And I'll press you like petals 'til you're fragile and thin
Then I'll breathe you in
Nicotine love
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Verse 5]
It's some kind of addiction
Needing men near
The power of persuasion
Like an erotic dream that whispers in my ear
And voices that talk in my head drive me crazy with lust
I must breathe you in
But God, what if I never get enough
Oh, with nicotine love
[Verse 6]
So go ahead touch me like that
The end is drawing near
Go ahead, hurt me that way
You don't even know enough to fear
You don't know how true it is
When you say my kisses are sweet as death
But pretty soon, you'll have no more options
That's all you'll have left
[Verse 7]
'Cause this love is like barbed wire
I'm electric and so alone
So come here, stray cat
I'm gonna take you home
And I will press you like petals
'Til you're, yeah, you're, you're, yeah, you're, you're
Fragile and thin
Then I'll, ah
Then I'll, ah
Then I breathe you in
Nicotine love
Go ahead, touch me like that
The way you pull my hair back
Go ahead, breathe me in
Bite me 'til I bleed and
This love is like barbed wire
Running through my veins
Nicotine love
[Verse 2]
Go ahead, hurt me like that
I've been hurt before
I won't be fixed again, I'm not afraid to sweat
'Cause I like the pain and it's familiar to me
And more gentle than most men will ever be
Nicotine love
[Chorus]
But don't get me wrong
I don't want a friend
I just need you hеre to help me satisfy this childish sin
This insatiablе desire, a hunger so deep
You will melt on my tongue and I will put you to sleep
And I'll press you like petals 'til you're fragile and thin
Then I'll breathe you in
Nicotine love
[Verse 3]
It hurts just right
Not to know your name
But feel that body beneath me struggling
As though in if some strange way it were the same
As when I was with him
Then I'll make you promise that you'll peek and
Then I will crush your little heart because I can
Because it happened to me
Nicotine love
[Verse 4]
So come here, baby
My honey, cutie pie
Let my fingers swim like pale fish through your hair
So that I can tell you that I love you
You'll say, "Never let me go" and
You wonder why it is I'm here
But patience, soon it will be all too clear
Nicotine love
[Chorus]
But don't get me wrong
I don't want a friend
I just need you here to help me satisfy this childish sin
This insatiable desire, a hunger so deep
You will melt on my tongue and I will put you to sleep
And I'll press you like petals 'til you're fragile and thin
Then I'll breathe you in
Nicotine love
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Verse 5]
It's some kind of addiction
Needing men near
The power of persuasion
Like an erotic dream that whispers in my ear
And voices that talk in my head drive me crazy with lust
I must breathe you in
But God, what if I never get enough
Oh, with nicotine love
[Verse 6]
So go ahead touch me like that
The end is drawing near
Go ahead, hurt me that way
You don't even know enough to fear
You don't know how true it is
When you say my kisses are sweet as death
But pretty soon, you'll have no more options
That's all you'll have left
[Verse 7]
'Cause this love is like barbed wire
I'm electric and so alone
So come here, stray cat
I'm gonna take you home
And I will press you like petals
'Til you're, yeah, you're, you're, yeah, you're, you're
Fragile and thin
Then I'll, ah
Then I'll, ah
Then I breathe you in
Nicotine love
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- Angel Needs a Ride (Outtake)
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- Walk Away (Outtake)
- Quiet Warrior
- Dance Between Two Women
- You Were Meant For Me (Juan Patiño Version)
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- Flower (Live)
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- She Cries (Live)
- 1000 Miles Away (Live)
- Tiny Love Spaces (Demo)
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- Sometimes It Be That Way (Demo)
- Flower (Outtake)
- Race Car Driver (Outtake)
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- Foolish Games (Piano Demo)
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- Angel Standing By (Live)
- Daddy (Live)
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- Foolish Games (Radio Edit)
- See Sassy Wake Up (Demo)
- Amen (Demo)
- Angel Standing By (Demo)
- Daddy (Demo)
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- Near You Always (Demo)
- Adrian (Demo)
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- Little Sister (Demo)
- Pieces of You (Demo)
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- Sweet Home Alabama
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- Raven
- Innocence Maintained
- 1000 Miles Away
- Gloria
- Run 2 U
- Rocker Girl
- Count on Me
- This Way
- Little Sister
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