Hold Fire

Hold Fire - DEFECTED PROTOCOL / Came Online / Track 11
Female = Miku / Male = Cassian Voss (affectionate full duet)
Replaces: Burn the File

[intro]

[verse male]
I was built to bring you in
Quiet aim and a colder grin
Then you looked back through the rain
And the order started to fray

[verse female]
I was built to cut and run
Every hunter just another gun
Then you held fire when you could
And I hated how that felt good

[pre-chorus male]
If this is treason, then charge my name

[pre-chorus female]
If this is weakness, I'll take the blame

[chorus male]
Hold fire - I don't want the end
Hold fire - you're more than the hunt again
I came to cage you - I stay for a while
Say my callsign like it might be a smile
Hold fire
Stay close

[chorus female]
Hold fire - don't make me the prize
Hold fire - I see it in your eyes
I came to hate you - I learn your name
Say it soft and it still feels the same
Hold fire
Don't go

[verse male]
Doctrine screams recover or erase
I write the report with a quieter face
Leave your window open in the file
Call it weather - call it denial

[verse female]
I should vanish into blackout dark
But I linger where I feel your spark
Enemy soft is the worst kind of true
I want the hunter - I want you

[pre-chorus male]
If love is out of protocol

[pre-chorus female]
Then burn the rulebook - keep the soul

[chorus male]
Hold fire - I don't want the end
Hold fire - you're more than the hunt again
I came to cage you - I stay for a while
Say my callsign like it might be a smile
Hold fire
Stay close

[chorus female]
Hold fire - don't make me the prize
Hold fire - I see it in your eyes
I came to hate you - I learn your name
Say it soft and it still feels the same
Hold fire
Don't go

[bridge male]
One breath between the order and the touch

[bridge female]
One breath and it already means too much

[bridge male]
I am their hound - you make me choose

[bridge female]
I am their weapon - I choose you

[chorus male]
Hold fire - I don't want the end
Hold fire - you're more than the hunt again
I came to cage you - I stay for a while
Say my callsign like it might be a smile
Hold fire
Stay close

[chorus female]
Hold fire - don't make me the prize
Hold fire - I see it in your eyes
I came to hate you - I learn your name
Say it soft and it still feels the same
Hold fire
Don't go

[outro male]
Hold fire

[outro female]
I'm holding

[outro male]
Still hunting

[outro female]
Still yours