Mad Honey

[Intro — 0:00–0:12] (Rhodes chord, soft bass slide, brushed snare count-in) [Verse 1 — 0:12–0:42] Soft smoke on the hive, I'm holdin' my breath We bury the bruises we don't wanna confess You think that you know him, right down to the bone… Till the room goes so quiet — and you're standin' alone [Pre-Chorus — 0:42–0:58] (strings swell, bass walks underneath) Bees in the winter hold one another But truth is a stranger — it follows us further Tell me, are we bound to keep breakin' the same? Oh, how much can one heart sustain… [Chorus — 0:58–1:25] 'Cause it's mad honey, baby — heavy and sweet A beautiful poison, sweepin' me off of my feet I'd set fire to the courthouse to keep you from harm Hide all the secrets we wrote on our arms Yeah, love is a colony built in the dark… Ooh, all it takes is a spark — Just to feel the sting 🍯 [Verse 2 — 1:25–1:52] (Rhodes shimmers, soft tambourine) A shoebox of pictures, a life rearranged You look back at innocence — nothin' the same They'll paint you a monster, they'll call you a lie But a mother's wild love is a fire in the sky [Chorus — 1:52–2:18] 'Cause it's mad honey, baby — heavy and sweet A beautiful poison, sweepin' me off of my feet I'd set fire to the courthouse to keep you from harm Hide all the secrets we wrote on our arms Yeah, love is a colony built in the dark… Ooh, all it takes is a spark — Just to feel the sting [Bridge — 2:18–2:48] (groove drops to a slinky, half-time soul pocket — horns answer the vocal) Did you push her… or did she fall? Are there walls inside us all? She is watchin' from a window of her own He is lettin' go of everything he's known And the daughter's got a truth the world's gotta hear — Oh, it's been buzzin' in her ear… (short 4-bar sax phrase into falsetto: "ooh-ooh, oh baby…") [Final Chorus — key up a half-step — 2:48–3:15] 'Cause it's mad honey, darlin' — heavy and sweet A beautiful poison, sweepin' me off of my feet I'd set fire to the courthouse to keep you from harm Hide all the secrets we wrote on our arms Yeah, love is a colony built in the dark… Ooh, all it takes is a spark — Just to feel the sting [Outro — 3:15–3:30, fade] (ad-libs over soft groove) Mad honey, baby… mad honey on my tongue… (falsetto) Ooh, all it takes is a spark… (Rhodes sustain + single trumpet note — fade)