[Verse 1]
Plastic smile
In the bathroom glass
Practice every angle
Till the fractures pass
Zip up the skin
Like a Party City suit
Heart on mute
Eyes on loop
[Chorus]
I’m safe behind the neon mask
You see the glow
You never ask
Read my lines
But miss the cracks
I’m hiding in the afterglow
A painted face you’ll never know
Keep looking close
I’m gone so fast
Behind the neon mask
[Verse 2]
Laugh too loud
At a borrowed joke
Echo in a hallway
Full of secondhand smoke
Every little nod
Is a practiced move
I dance in place
So I don’t have to prove
[Chorus]
I’m safe behind the neon mask
You see the glow
You never ask
Read my lines
But miss the cracks
I’m hiding in the afterglow
A painted face you’ll never know
Keep looking close
I’m gone so fast
Behind the neon mask
[Bridge]
If I took it off
Would the night go quiet
Would the room go cold
Would you keep your silence
Or would you see
The shaking in my hands
Call my name
And not the hologram
[Chorus]
I’m safe behind the neon mask
You see the glow
You never ask
Read my lines
But miss the cracks
I’m hiding in the afterglow
A painted face you’ll never know
Keep looking close
I’m gone so fast
Behind the neon mask
(behind the neon mask)