[Verse 1]
Hood up
Street’s wet
Glossed in gray
Phone off
So they can’t find my face
Breath fog
Little ghost in the air
I walk
Like I’m walking out of prayer
[Pre-Chorus]
Every step
I rehearse what I’d say
If you showed up
If you begged me to stay
But my ribs built a gate round the pain
Password changed
But it still feels the same
[Chorus]
Porcelain heart defense
Cracked but it still makes sense
You love me in present tense
Rough around every edge
Hold me like I’m bad luck
Kiss me till the curse shuts up
We’re bleeding in self-defense
Porcelain heart
Porcelain heart defense
[Verse 2]
Black nails
Click against the cold rail
Cheap ring
Turning my finger pale
You text
Name lighting up my screen
I flinch
Like a scratched-out movie scene
[Pre-Chorus]
Every word says you’re trying your best
Every lie left a stain on my chest
You’re the bruise that I trace in the dark
Faded blue
But it’s still in my heart
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
You love like a car crash slow
Metal in my veins
I glow
I say “go
” but I walk too late
Shadow of you on every gate
[whispered vocals]
If I let you in past the fence
Would you kiss or kill my defense?
[Chorus]