[Intro] Whiskey halo Round your head Whiskey halo In my bed [Verse] You played guitar like a train leaving town Silver rings shining while the room broke down I watched your hands make a six-string cry And I felt my good sense kiss itself goodbye You had sad blue eyes and a dangerous grin A leather-jacket sermon dressed up as sin You said, Roxanne, you’re a fire I know I said, baby, then burn me slow [Pre-Chorus] I should have walked I should have known Some angels only shine When they’re turning hearts to stone [Chorus] Whiskey halo You light me up and let me fall Whiskey halo I taste your heaven on the wall Love like thunder Hands like flame I said forever You said my name Whiskey halo You were beautiful and wrong [Verse] We drank from the bottle behind the stage Made promises under a torn-up page You said we’d own every night in L.A. Then disappeared before the morning came I found your note in a cigarette pack Said don’t wait up, babe, I’m coming back But I knew that song from a hundred men Still I opened my arms when you walked in again [Pre-Chorus] I should have run I should have seen You were a crown of smoke On a gasoline queen [Chorus] Whiskey halo You light me up and let me fall Whiskey halo I taste your heaven on the wall Love like thunder Hands like flame I said forever You said my name Whiskey halo You were beautiful and wrong [Instrumental] Slow blues guitar lead Drums swell like heartbreak Bass holds the room down Guitar bends into feedback [Bridge] You kissed me like a prayer You left me like a debt You were the sweetest kind of ruin That my body won’t forget I wore your shadow like a coat I wore your lies like gold But every queen must learn the price Of letting sinners close [Breakdown] Whiskey Halo Broken Halo Whiskey Halo Let me go [Build-up] I can sing without your sorrow I can stand without your hand I can turn this ache to fire I can burn across the land [Chorus] Whiskey halo You light me up and let me fall Whiskey halo I taste your heaven on the wall Love like thunder Hands like flame I said forever You said my name Whiskey halo You were beautiful and wrong [Chorus] Whiskey halo I won’t die inside your song Whiskey halo I have carried you too long Love like thunder Hands like flame I said forever You said my name Whiskey halo Now I’m moving on [Outro] Whiskey halo Round your head Whiskey halo I leave you with the dead