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THE ENIGMA IN RED

[Verse 1]
She walks in flames, a fire in her eyes,
A riddle cloaked in mystery and skies.
Too hot to hold, too bright to see,
She’s the secret no one’s meant to keep.

[Pre-Chorus]
Every step, she leaves a spark,
Lighting up the shadows in my heart.
But I can’t reach, can’t touch the flame—
Just dance around her haunted name.

[Chorus]
She’s the enigma in red,
A story left unread.
Dancing on the edge
Of every word I never said.
Too wild, too free,
She burns right through me.
The enigma in red
Won’t get out of my head.

[Verse 2]
She left a note on a diner napkin—
Just half a line, the ink half gone.
I’ve read it fifty times since then,
Still don’t know what she was on.

I chased the glow and lost my way,
Drawn to her heat like a moth to day.
She never stopped—just passed me through,
And left me scorched, but nothing new.

[Pre-Chorus]
Every glance, a loaded dare,
Like maybe I was never there.
I tried to hold, I tried to stay—
But some flames just slip away.

[Chorus]
She’s the enigma in red,
A story left unread.
Dancing on the edge
Of every word I never said.
Too wild, too free,
She burns right through me.
The enigma in red
Won’t get out of my head.

[Bridge]
Maybe one day I’ll find the key—
Some reason why she looked at me.
But till then I’ll sit with the scar,
Admiring the burn from afar.

[Final Chorus]
She’s the enigma in red,
A name I half-forget.
Still dancing in my head,
With every word I never said.
Too wild, too free,
Still tearing through me.
The enigma in red—
The best and worst of me.

[Outro]
She’s the whisper in the quiet night,
A flicker fading out of sight.
An ember glowing, soft and low,
Where broken dreams and secrets go.

The heat that warms, the sting that stays,
A dance of light in twilight haze.
An enigma wrapped in scarlet thread—
A flame that burns inside my head.

And though I reach, she slips away,
A ghost of fire at break of day.
Forever caught between the red,
The words I’ll never say… unsaid.

Note: Grateful for an 10th place finish in the Your Choice N Contest.

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