I was born where the river whispers, beneath a blood red moon at night

I was born where the river whispers, beneath a blood red moon at night

Mama said, child your kiss is poison, your love gonna set men alight

I got a smile like Sunday gospel, but a soul that the devil fed

I got a smile like Sunday gospel, but a soul that the devil fed

You see a doorway into heaven, but the welcome sign is ruby red

Ruby red, boy, can you hear that warning in my song?

Ruby red, boy, can you feel that chill that says run along?

I am the sin your mama feared most

And the shadow in your bed

I am the ache you keep on chasing, written in this ruby red

They say my laughter shakes the streetlights, makes the church bells ring off key

They say my laughter shakes the streetlights, makes the church bells ring off key

I am a siren dressed in satin, and the storm belongs to me

I taste like midnight on your whiskey, like a secret never said

I taste like midnight on your whiskey, like a secret never said

One sip will feel like mercy, then you'll wake and I have fled

Ruby red, boy, I am both the hunger and the knife

Ruby red, boy, I am both the fever and the life

I am the spell you keep on breaking just to crawl back to my bed

I am the price you pay in silence, signed in shades of ruby red

You see a woman in the half light?

I see a heartbeat in a cage

You see a woman in the half light?

I see a heartbeat in a cage

My love is carved in hot red letters across the edges of your rage

So when you feel my breath beside you and you taste that cherry wine

So when you feel my breath beside you and you taste that cherry wine

Know that heaven is a rumour when these ruby lips meet thine

Ruby red, boy, I am both the altar and the sin

Ruby red, boy, once you cross this threshold, you are in

I am the fire behind the promise, I am the voice inside your head

I am the beauty and the warning, sealed in lips of ruby red

So say a prayer to all your angels

Count the tears you never shed

Then close your eyes and meet the danger

On these lips of ruby red