Not innocent enough

(Heavy, pulsing bass kicks in. Sounds of a camera shutter clicking.)

Manon: Look at the frame, look at the face.

Daniela: Do you see a saint? Or just the space I take?

Yoonchae: White lace and a porcelain smile

You’ve been reading the cover for a while.

Manon: Thinking you know the rhythm of my heart

But you’re missing the best, the darkest part.

Lara: You want the angel on the pedestal?

Sorry, that version’s unreleased.

Sophia: I’m not a shadow, I’m the whole eclipse

Watch the words fall right off your lips.

All: (High energy)

Oh, am I breaking your heart or your vision?

Wide awake with a cold precision.

Megan: I’m not what you wanted, I’m so much more

Sophia: Not the girl you were looking for!

All: Too loud for the quiet, too bold for the bluff

Sorry I’m not innocent enough.

(Post-chorus hook: Na-na, not enough. Na-na, not enough.)

Daniela: (Rap style)

Check the receipts, I don’t play the victim

I built the game then I broke the system.

You want "delicate"? Go buy a vase.

I’m running the court, I’m setting the pace.

Megan: No "yes sir," no "please," I’m the one with the keys

While you’re stuck on your knees, I’m crossing the seas.

Lara: (Dreamy, stripped back)

It’s a heavy weight, carrying your expectations...

Sophia: (Belting)

So I dropped them at the gate!

Manon: I’d rather be "guilty" and free...

Daniela: Than the version of "pure" you want me to be.

Yoonchae: Not innocent.

Lara: Just honest.

All: (Whispered) Not innocent enough.

(Final beat drop, then silence.)

-by katseye