(Verse 1)
You wore a grin like a headline, honey slick and cheap
Spoke in velvet, moved in footsteps that stole sleep
Left a trail of polishing, promises half sold
You branded every bedroom with a little lie and cold
(Pre-Chorus)
You'd smile and rearrange the stars just to feel in control
But every mirror learns the truth when the lights go low
(Chorus)
Arsehole, you wear it like a crown and think it suits you fine
Arsehole, you built your little throne out of other people's time
Arsehole, I ripped the cape away and left you with the sash
Arsehole, watch me laugh as the last of your applause turns to ash
(Verse 2)
You keep a map of people, inked in fine and neat
Circles where you visit, crossing lines you call discreet
Promises like postcards stuck between the pages of your lies
You fold them up and stash them where your conscience dies
(Pre-Chorus)
You play the wounded poet on nights when you need applause
But kindness is a mirror and you never saw your flaws
(Chorus)
Arsehole, you wear it like a crown and think it suits you fine
Arsehole, you built your little throne out of other people's time
Arsehole, I ripped the cape away and left you with the sash
Arsehole, watch me laugh as the last of your applause turns to ash
(Bridge)
Nobody taught me mercy for the way you bend the truth
So I learned to close the door and save my breath for youth
There is no throne of stitches where your rotten ego grows
Just a headline in the gutter with a name I used to know
(Breakdown)
Soft and cutting now like a whisper sharpened into glass
I count the cost and leave the rest where your shadow used to pass
(Chorus Variation)
Arsehole, you wore God knows what smile and thought you owned the night
Arsehole, but kindness keeps the keys and I'm walking out the light
Arsehole, you kiss the world and leave it with a bitter taste
Arsehole, I'm giving back the crown, and I am taking back my grace
(Outro)
Sing it quiet, sing it slow, and let the echo go
Arsehole, you were never mine and now I finally know
