[Verse 1]
Silk on my wrists
Gold on my throat
Diamond initials
On somebody’s coat
Their last name on me
Like a brand
Like a bruise
Every toast in this palace
Is a threat in my shoes
[Chorus]
I’m a gilded cage princess
Crown made of contracts and guns
They call it love
But it feels like business
Smiling while I bite my tongue
If my hands stain red
Or my bloodline ends with me
That’s the only key
For this gilded cage princess
(never gonna set me free)
[Verse 2]
Cards on the table
But I don’t get to play
I’m the promise in the corner
Pretty silence on display
They move me like money
Across their velvet boards
Every kiss on my forehead
Is the sharp side of a sword
[Chorus]
I’m a gilded cage princess
Crown made of contracts and guns
They call it love
But it feels like business
Smiling while I bite my tongue
If my hands stain red
Or my bloodline ends with me
That’s the only key
For this gilded cage princess
(never gonna set me free)
[Bridge]
Do I cut the ties
Or cut the line
Leave their future
Dead in mine
In this fortress dressed like heaven
Every door asks what I’ll bleed
Is it bodies
Is it babies
What will buy my broken peace
[Chorus]
I’m a gilded cage princess
Crown made of contracts and guns
They call it love
But it feels like business
Smiling while I bite my tongue
If my hands stain red
Or my bloodline ends with me
That’s the only key
For this gilded cage princess
(never gonna set me free)