Paper Smile

🌑 Intro (0:00 – 0:20)

Chuchoté, vulnérable

I dress in shadows, stitched with gold

A porcelain heart that’s long been sold

I learned to lie before I spoke

Pretty mask and a bitter joke

🩶 Couplet (0:20 – 0:50)

Ton posé, légèrement froid

They think I'm glowing, soft and sweet

But I sharpen smiles behind my teeth

Love me loud, forget me fast

I make illusions built to last

🔥 Pré-Refrain (0:50 – 1:15)

Voix qui monte, un peu blessée mais sûre d’elle

I don’t cry, I calculate

I don’t beg, I decorate

All these faces I create

Hide the girl you love to hate

🖤 Refrain (1:15 – 1:50)

Expression émotionnelle forte

I’m the queen of broken things Glass skin, puppet strings

You don’t see the war I wage

I’m the calm, I’m the rage

Every look is by design

You fall for me — that’s not a sign It’s a trap, it’s a trial

All wrapped up in a paper smile

🩹 Bridge (1:50 – 2:10)

Recul, introspection

I bend, I burn, I disappear

But leave a ghost in every mirror You chase a girl who’s never there She’s all perfume and vacant stares

🖤 Refrain Final (2:10 – 2:50)

Plus de puissance, puis désillusion

Too honest, they said it’s rude

Too soft, so I grew cruel

Not evil, just efficient

A saint in high-def fiction

Don’t call me tragic, I’m the architect of damage

Built my kingdom out of doubt

I let you in — then shut you out

I’m the queen of broken things Dreams stitched on devil’s wings You don’t see the war I wage

I’m the calm, I’m the rage

🌘 Outro (2:50 – 3:04)

Fin murmurée, résignée

I don’t feel like they expect

So I twist, I disconnect

This love you crave — it’s all denial Just a flame in a paper smile