Gloss & Venom

[Verse 1]
You paint your face like armor,
Mirror tells you lies you wanna keep.
Gloss on your lips, venom in your speech,
Still empty when you sleep.
You flex like beauty’s power,
But it’s paper-thin, it flakes away.
All that contour can’t contour
The ugly things you say.

[Pre-Chorus]
I see through every filter you apply,
Pretty’s not a mask, it’s how you survive.

[Chorus]
Maybe you should eat makeup,
Let it sink into your bones,
‘Cause you’re flawless on the surface
But you’re rotten to the core.
Yeah, eat that lipstick, swallow glitter,
Maybe then you’ll finally know—
Being pretty on the outside
Don’t mean shit if it don’t show.

[Verse 2]
You laugh loud like it’s confidence,
But it cracks when I get close.
Every insult’s just a confession
In designer clothes.
You call it “keeping it honest,”
I call it cheap and mean.
You shine like a warning label
Screaming don’t touch me.

[Pre-Chorus]
All that beauty going to waste,
If hate’s the only thing you taste.

[Chorus]
Maybe you should eat makeup,
Let it color up your soul,
Mascara tears won’t fix
What you never learned to grow.
Yeah, eat that powder, choke on pride,
Since kindness isn’t your thing—
If looks could make you decent,
You’d’ve been a fucking queen.

[Outro]
So keep your shades and vanity,
I’ll keep my peace, my wit.
You’re proof that being beautiful
Ain’t the same as being it. 

Alt-pop, dark cabaret, sharp, theatrical venom with smug confidence, villain energy, and glittering contempt,female