Mirror With Teeth

I wore your name like smoke

Too long on my skin

Smiled at the cracks

While I let you walk in

Now I found my spine

Under the bruise and grit

You call it a phase

I call it me again

I don't bend for the room

I don't shrink for the crown

You can look me in the eye

Watch me hold my ground

One more step, one more breath

I feel it in my chest

I'm a mirror with teeth

I don't break for you

I'm a mirror with teeth

I bite back, I do

Say my name real clear

When I stand right here

I'm a mirror with teeth

I don't break for you

Red in my shoes

From the mile I ran

Bent every rule

Just to make my stand

Now the door swings wide

And the fear steps out

I learned how to leave

Without looking down

I don't bend for the room

I don't shrink for the crown

You can look me in the eye

Watch me hold my ground

One more step, one more breath

I feel it in my chest

I'm a mirror with teeth

I don't break for you

I'm a mirror with teeth

I bite back, I do

Say my name real clear

When I stand right here

I'm a mirror with teeth

I don't break for you

Keep your half-lit praise

Keep your borrowed shame

I've been quiet too long

Now I know my name

If you come too close

You'll learn what I mean

I shine, I cut

I stay mean and clean

I'm a mirror with teeth

I don't break for you

I'm a mirror with teeth

I bite back, I do

Say my name real clear

When I stand right here

I'm a mirror with teeth

I don't break for you