Don’t Look at Me That way tonight
Jean-Paul VERNERET
10/5/2026

Don’t look at me that way tonight,
Your eyes set hidden fires free.
Your silence speaks far more than light,
Like secrets never meant to be.

Don’t look at me that way again,
My heart grows reckless in the flame.
Sometimes one breath is all it takes
To leave a lifetime wrapped in shame.

Bridge
Don’t look at me that way tonight,
Your eyes already know too much.
They wake inside my soul the scars
I tried to bury from your touch.

Chorus
Don’t look at me that way tonight,
The night itself could know our names.
We’ve felt before that dizzy height,
Before we vanished in the flames.
Nothing at all… no fragile vow,
No whispered words upon your skin.

Only our quiet, yielding eyes
Fading where darkened waters spin.
Don’t look at me that way again,
I know too well this kind of song.
The loves that blossom out of this
Rarely survive for very long.

Bridge
Don’t look at me that way tonight,
Your eyes already know too much.
They wake inside my soul the scars
I tried to bury from your touch.

Chorus
Don’t look at me that way tonight,
The night itself could know our names.
We’ve felt before that dizzy height,
Before we vanished in the flames.

Outro
Don’t look at me that way tonight,
Though everything still pulls us near.
Some flames, believe me when I say,
Leave more ash behind than tears