[Verse 1]
Teacup trembling in my hand
While you laugh in the carriage at dawn
Perfume on your cuffs again
Different shade
Same song
You dance through every crowded hall
Collecting hearts like calling cards
I curtsy
Keep my chin upheld
While gossip cuts me sharp
[Pre-Chorus]
Your boots on cobblestone at midnight
My name on every tongue by daylight
One misstep and I’m a warning
You’re a story they applaud
[Chorus]
You break the rules
They pour you wine
I breathe too deep
They draw the line
You roam the dark
I walk the light
And still I’m the one on trial each night
You taste the world
They call it charm
I raise my voice
They raise alarm
Same desire under different skies
You wear your sins
I pay the price
[Verse 2]
Waltz cards filling with your script
While mine stays clean
Yet somehow stained
You boast of every stolen kiss
They say my lips should be restrained
Your smirk becomes a gentleman’s tale
My silence
Their proof I comply
One rumor on my borrowed name
And I’m sentenced by their eyes
[Pre-Chorus]
Your secrets toasted over brandy
My dreams folded
Tucked away neatly
One loose lace and I’m a scandal
You’re the hero of the night
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Tell me
If I crossed that garden gate
Would thunder shake the sky in rage?
If I claimed the fire you display
Would they carve me from the page?
[low vocal register] I am not porcelain
I am pulse
Not some prize upon your shelf
[crescendo] If you may wander where you choose
Then I may dare to choose myself
[Chorus]