Like the Devil Loves Sin – Savage Thunder
Quick Summary
Some loves don’t heal—you learn to burn beautifully.
This is a lyrically intense, emotionally immersive anthem of fatal love. The song has crafted an unrelenting exploration of attachment to destruction—echoing the way addiction to toxic love mimics devotion, even worship.
The use of religious and infernal symbolism (halo with a crooked bend, devil loves sin, angels cry) injects depth and universality into what could otherwise be a personal story. The chorus hook—”I love you like the devil loves sin”—is unforgettable, morally twisted, and viscerally human.
But as it stands, this is not a song meant to resolve. It’s meant to haunt.
Behind the Song
This song was born from the kind of love that consumes you, corrodes you, and yet, somehow, completes you. I didn’t want to write a tidy love song. I wanted to write about the compulsion—that pull toward someone you know will hurt you, but you chase them anyway because their chaos feels like home.
Each verse is another layer of that descent—deeper into obsession, surrender, and dark intimacy. The repetition of the chorus is intentional: it’s a ritual, a cycle the narrator can’t escape. The pre-choruses pose questions that don’t get clean answers because that’s how toxic love often works—beautiful in its ambiguity, devastating in its certainty.
“I love you like the devil loves sin” was the lyrical spine. From there, I built a world where danger is seductive, where sin is a form of worship, and where love is as much punishment as pleasure. This is not a redemption song—it’s a confession.
Song Credits
Artist: Savage Thunder
Songwriters: Taf and CC
Producers: Taf and CC
Genre: Dark Pop / Alt-Electronic
Release Date: May 1, 2025
Duration: 4:44
Publisher: Savage Thunder Music
Lyrics Preview
No way out, but I dive back in,
Wicked and wild, under my skin.
You pull me close just to break me apart,
Still I keep offering up my heart.
Did you smile as you reeled me in?
I love you like the devil loves sin, and I always will.
See full lyrics below ↓
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I found you in a bar with a broken light,
Eyes like a storm in the dead of night.
You smiled like danger in a crimson dress,
One kiss, and I forgot the rest.
[Pre-Chorus]
Is there poison in your every kiss?
Does pain like this, always feel like bliss?
[Chorus]
No way out, but I dive back in,
Wicked and wild, under my skin.
You pull me close just to break me apart,
Still I keep offering up my heart.
Did you smile as you reeled me in?
I love you like the devil loves sin, and I always will.
[Verse 2]
You light the match, and I fan the flame,
We dance through fire, calling it by name.
You’ve got a halo with a crooked bend,
And I ain’t prayin’ for this love to end.
[Pre-Chorus]
Do you light the fire, so I’ll breathe it in?
Is there absolution for where we’ve been?
[Chorus]
No way out, but I dive back in,
Wicked and wild, under my skin.
You pull me close just to break me apart,
Still I keep offering up my heart.
Did you smile as you reeled me in?
I love you like the devil loves sin, and I always will.
[Verse 3]
You’re the fire I was warned about,
Still I whisper your name out loud.
You’re the price I pay again and again—
But every time you let me in.
[Pre-Chorus]
Do you save me, or do you curse me too?
Is this devotion or déjà vu?
[Chorus]
No way out, but I dive back in,
Wicked and wild, under my skin.
You pull me close just to break me apart,
Still I keep offering up my heart.
Did you smile as you reeled me in?
I love you like the devil loves sin, and I always will.
[Verse 4]
You tempt me where the dark begins,
You wear regret like a firing pin.
You’re the reason angels cry,
But you make me feel more alive.
[Pre-Chorus]
Do you love the dark you’re tangled in?
What kind of truth feels like a sin?
[Chorus]
No way out, but I dive back in,
Wicked and wild, under my skin.
You pull me close just to break me apart,
Still I keep offering up my heart.
Did you smile as you reeled me in?
I love you like the devil loves sin, and I always will.
[Verse 5]
You kiss like vengeance, taste like flame,
But I love you just the same.
So curse me, mark me deep within—
No salvation for where we’ve been—
[Pre-Chorus]
Is it fate or just a fatal spin?
Am I the saint or the sin you’re in?
[Chorus]
No way out, but I dive back in,
Wicked and wild, under my skin.
You pull me close just to break me apart,
Still I keep offering up my heart.
Did you smile as you reeled me in?
I love you like the devil loves sin, and I always will.
[Verse 6]
You broke me soft, you broke me slow,
Still I begged you not to go.
You’re the chaos I let in—
I’d sell my soul to feel you again—
[Pre-Chorus]
Do angels cry when devils win?
Is love still holy wrapped in sin?
[Chorus]
No way out, but I dive back in,
Wicked and wild, under my skin.
You pull me close just to break me apart,
Still I keep offering up my heart.
Did you smile as you reeled me in?
I love you like the devil loves sin, and I always will.
[Bridge]
I tried to leave, tried to be free,
But your name still bleeds out of me.
You’re the shadow I never outrun,
And the war I’ve already won.
[Chorus]
No way out, but I dive back in,
Wicked and wild, under my skin.
You pull me close just to break me apart,
Still I keep offering up my heart.
Did you smile as you reeled me in?
I love you like the devil loves sin, and I always will.
And I always will.
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