[Verse 1]
Sugar on my tongue
Plastic smile
Perfect lung
Cute bow
Barcode on my back
Spin me
Sell me
Play me on a loop
Mirror says "be small"
Label says "give them all"
Cherry gloss
Swallow what I think
Sign here
Bleed in pretty pink
[Pre-Chorus]
Every move rehearsed to death
Every breath a brand
A bet
Tell me
How much skin to shed
Just to get one step ahead
[Chorus]
I put on the show to survive you
(hey)
Heart in a box with a bright hue
Smile like a weapon I can’t drop
Gotta sing K-pop just to reach the top
Silk on my throat
But it feels like rope
Dance on the edge of a thin hope
I twist
I turn
I never stop
Gotta sing K-pop just to reach the top
[Verse 2]
"Be sweet
Be soft"—I choke
Cute rage
Laugh it off like a joke
They clap
They clap
They own my name
But I’m the glitch inside their game
Painted in fluorescent lies
Counting scars behind my eyes
You want fantasy
I bring it clean
While I sharpen knives behind the screen
[Pre-Chorus]
Every 'sorry' tastes like rust
Every promise turns to dust
Tell me
How much self to shred
Just to get one step ahead
[Chorus]
I put on the show to survive you
(yeah)
Heart in a box with a bright hue
Smile like a weapon I can’t drop
Gotta sing K-pop just to reach the top
Silk on my throat
But it feels like rope
Dance on the edge of a thin hope
I twist
I turn
I never stop
Gotta sing K-pop just to reach the top
[Bridge]
[Beat stutters
Guitars fade in]
Cute voice
Killer mind
You drew the cage
I drew the line
You want the sugar
Fear the bite
You booked an angel
Got a fight
Mask off
Metal in my veins
Hear that? That’s profit in my pain
You made this monster you condemn
I learned the rules
So I’ll break them
[Chorus]
[Full band crashes in]
I burn down the stage to defy you
(hey!)
Spit back the script that you wrote
Too
Smile like a weapon I let drop
I’ll kill your K-pop just to take the top
Steel in my throat
I cut the rope
Walk through the fire of your false hope
I twist
I tear
I make you stop
Watch me rise
While your kingdom drops
[Outro]
Glitch in your crown
Crack in your throne
You wanted a doll
You’re feeding a storm (yeah)