Pretty When I Break

You kissed me like a promise you never meant to keep

Said my name like a secret, then buried it deep

I was glass in your hands, you were bored of the shine

Dropped me slow, watched me shatter in time

I traced your lies in my skin

Like scars I pretended were art

You called it love, I call it

A beautifully calculated start

I’m pretty when I break, don’t you think?

Crying diamonds down the sink

You made a monster out of pain

Now you flinch when you hear my name

I loved you soft, you loved me wrong

Now I bleed to my favorite song

I’m not yours, I’m not insane

Just prettier when I break

You sleep just fine, I talk to walls

Replaying every rise and fall

I kept your shadow in my bed

You kept my ghost inside your head

I tried to be gentle, I tried to behave

But you lit the match, now watch me blaze

If I’m crazy, you made me this way

So don’t act scared when I don’t look away

I’m pretty when I break, don’t you see?

All your sins look good on me

You taught me how to love in pain

Now I smile through the hurricane

You lost control, I lost my mind

But I found power in goodbye

I’m not yours, I’m not to blame

Just prettier when I break

I still know where you get weak

Still know what keeps you up for weeks

I won’t touch you, that’s the curse

Watching me heal is worse

You wanted silence, you wanted peace

Now hear my name in your sleep

I’m not coming back to save you

I’m the lesson you can’t undo

I was pretty when I broke for you

Now I’m deadly when I’m through

You made me bleed, I made it art

Turned a broken thing into a spark

I loved you deep, you loved the game

Now I rise while you stay the same

I’m not yours, I’m not the same

I was pretty…

But now I’m flame

You don’t miss me

You miss control

And I don’t belong

To you anymore