Teeth in candy

I hide in your shadow, dressed in pastel skin,

With a smile too sharp, and a hunger within.

Your laughter is frosting, I lick it away,

But the sweet turns bitter when you try to stray.

Don’t scream, don’t run, I’ve rehearsed this scene,

Where love tastes rotten but it looks so clean.

I’ve got teeth in the candy, claws in the lace,

Sugar in my veins but blood on my face.

You’re the prey in my circus, I’m the song in your head,

Kiss me, kill me —

Either way, you’re dead.

I stitch up the silence with ribbons of red,

Sing lullabies softly while you beg instead.

Every kiss is venom, every touch is a scar,

But you keep crawling closer, forgetting who you are.

Don’t whisper my name like a prayer to be saved,

You prayed too late — I like you this way.

I’ve got teeth in the candy, claws in the lace,

Sugar in my veins but blood on my face.

You’re the prey in my circus, I’m the song in your head,

Kiss me, kill me —

Either way, you’re dead.

Ring around the rosy, ashes, ashes fall,

Your heart beats slower, I hear it stall.

Hide and seek’s over, I already won,

The monster you love is the only one.

Bite down harder, taste your skin,

Every sin you hide, I pull it in.

You’re the scream in my lullaby, the crack in my glass,

Every second with me is the last.

I don’t need salvation, I don’t want light,

I’m addicted to your terror when you fight.

Your trembling hands, the plea in your breath,

I’m kissing your fear while I’m choking to death.

Hush now, darling, don’t look away,

You knew from the start I don’t play safe.

Sugar on the blade, I’ll make it sweet,

Darling, love tastes better when it bleeds.

I’ve got teeth in the candy, claws in the lace,

Sugar in my veins but blood on my face.

You’re the prey in my circus, I’m the song in your head,

Kiss me, kill me —

Either way, you’re dead.

I’ve got teeth in the candy, venom in my grin,

You can’t crawl out once you’ve fallen in.

I’m your lullaby nightmare, stitched in your chest,

Darling, love is murder when it’s dressed like this.

Sugar, sugar, sharpened sweet…

Rotten roses at your feet.

Say my name before you sleep…

And I’ll bite, bite, bite…

…too deep.