Kae Tempest
Love Harder
[Verse 1]
Flow game
Lie on your back and go deep out
Can’t get to sleep I’ve been sleeping for weeks now
Can’t open up
Can’t stop myself speaking
The heats on it’s freezing
Keep shouting meaning
Might creep out and give us all something to reach at and breathe in
Salty remarks and well seasoned
Vets in the game using flexions all change for no reason
Correcting my pronouns
It’s they/them
Or he/him also works

[Chorus]
When it burns brighter
A lover like me learns to be a fighter
When it gets darker
A fighter like mе learns to love harder
Whеn it burns brighter
A lover like me learns to be a fighter
When it gets darker
A fighter like me learns to love harder

[Verse 2]
The family values these strangers uphold are melting
Under the heat of my presence
Sat in the hotel buffet, gold
Shining so bright these poor folks can’t eat their breakfast
Like what is that? Is that a?
Never could place me
Never could break me
If my existence threatens your safety
You need a little sweetness in your bowl sugar you’re too savoury
[Chorus]
When it burns brighter
A lover like me learns to be a fighter
When it gets darker
A fighter like me learns to love harder
When it burns brighter
A lover like me learns to be a fighter
When it gets darker
A fighter like me learns to love harder