[Verse 1]
You lick your lies like candy
Sweet drip on your teeth
Laughing in my doorway
Sharper underneath
Silver in your handshake
Black ink in your grin
You dress your hate in velvet
Then drag me back in
[Pre-Chorus]
I taste it when you say my name
Cherry-coated little hurricane
Every compliment a quiet sting
Yeah
I feel it burn in everything
[Chorus]
Poison on my tongue
Venom in my words
You taught me how to bite
Now every truth hurts
You wanted me in pieces
Now watch how that turns
Poison on my tongue
Venom in my words
[Verse 2]
You always loved my silence
Framed it as “mature”
Told me I was crazy
When your conscience shook the floor
I carved my spine from fragments
Found fire in the bruise
Now every syllable I spit
Is labeled “too much” by you
[Pre-Chorus]
You made a weapon out of me
Pretty dagger in your gallery
You built a throne on every scar
Guess I learned to speak where your shadows are
[Chorus]
Poison on my tongue
Venom in my words
You taught me how to bite
Now every truth hurts
You wanted me in pieces
Now watch how that turns
Poison on my tongue
Venom in my words
[Bridge]
[low vocal register] I used to choke it back
Every swallowed scream
Every fading track
Now I’m spitting all your secrets down the wire (down the wire)
[falsetto] If my mouth is toxic
It’s just your reflection in the fire
[Chorus]