[Verse 1]
Photo-perfect
Crooked smile
You say "I'm fine"
But your eyes say "trial"
Scrolling through your highlight reel
Like a haunted movie still
Every filter hides a crack
Your reflection staring back
[Pre-Chorus]
I see the tremor in your hands
Hear the truth you over-edit
We play pretend like it's a plan
But under glass we both regret it
[Chorus]
Plastic halo
Bent but shining
We dress up hurt
Call it "trying"
Everybody bleeding
In their costumes
We see the truth
Then paint the room
More illusions
More confusion
Plastic halo
Perfect delusion
[Verse 2]
Turn your panic
Into captions
Make a joke
Out of the damage
You change outfits
Change your hair
But the ache is always there
In the mirror
In the feed
We rehearsed what we believe
[Pre-Chorus]
I feel the wobble in your laugh
Hear the script you keep repeating
We both pretend the stage will last
While the curtains keep receding
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Peel the stickers off your skin
(let it sting, let it sting)
All the labels
All the spin
(let it in, let it in)
Are you tired of the magic tricks
That hide the knife inside the fist?
If I show you every scar I own
Would you drop your mask
Or stand alone?
[Chorus]