Lyrics

[Verse 1]
[Female Vocals][Olive - Clear, anxious, but resolute]
Drowning in debt, working for dimes,
An envelope came right in the nick of time.
A nameless check paid off my past,
I knew a clean break could never last.
Now I'm on a flight to a Maui beach,
To meet the shadow just out of reach.

[Verse 2]
[Male Vocals][Nicholas - Confident, low, and intimate]
I read your file, I know your name,
I know exactly how to play your game.
Leaned on in lips taste like the margarita and the sea,
I bought your past, now your present needs me.

[Female Vocals][Olive - Breathy, overlapping the last word]
The island breeze is heavy and hot,
I’m caught in a trap that money bought.

[Chorus]
[Duet][Full Unison]
A gift that big don't come without strings,
Out in the dark where the shadow brings
A man with a evil plan with outrageous demands
A million-dollar smile and a ghost on the sand.
Twelve months on the clock, a million to stay,
To be whatever he needs me to be today.
 
[Bridge]
[Female Vocals][Olive]
Right and wrong start to blur in the night,
When the sun goes down and the trap is set tight.

[Male Vocals][Nicholas]
Is it business or pleasure?
Or a beautiful sin?

[Duet][Full Power Harmony]
The contract is signed and the clock starts to spin.

[Guitar Solo - intense blues-rock style]

[Chorus]
[Duet][Full Unison]
A gift that big don't come without strings,
Out in the dark where the shadow brings
A man with a evil plan with outrageous demands
A million-dollar smile and a ghost on the sand.
Twelve months on the clock, a million to stay,
To be whatever he needs me to be today.

[Outro]
[Sultry Female Vocals breathy][Olive]
Just the first chapter of a dangerous ride...
Locked in the dark side by side.
Twelve months on the clock...
Yeah, the trap is set tight for me tonight...

[Pause]

Oh yes. I like that...

Come over here...

[Guitar Solo - intense smoky blues style]
[End]