[Verse 1]
Tea gone cold
On the silver tray
You read my name
Then look away
Gloves brush once
In the hallway heat
All this decorum
Hiding the beat beat beat
[Pre-Chorus]
You bow
I burn
Like a match in a ballroom
Spin me once
I can’t breathe in this costume
Every rule
Is a ribbon at my throat
If I tug
Will the whole world choke?
[Chorus]
I’m not your quiet little secret
I’m silk ribbons and thunder in the sky
You dress it up as proper feeling
But I was born to be too much
Too bright
Let them talk
Let them gossip in the garden
I’ll raise my voice till the chandeliers are shaking
I’m done pretending I don’t want you
This is the sound of my heart awakening
[Verse 2]
Waltz cards full
But I wait for you
Satin smiles
Mask something true
You trace my palm
Like a hidden vow
If scandal’s the price
Write it on me now
[Bridge]
Leave the doors half-open
Let the rumors run
Meet me where the hedges
Hide us from the sun
Tear these laces
Free my breath
Kiss me like
We’re flirting with death
[Chorus]