[Verse 1]
You wear white in the daytime
Halo on in the group chat glow
Practicing your practiced kindness
While the cracks start to show
You laughed at all my secrets
Saved them up like little knives
Was my best friend
Now you’re walking
Like you were never in my life
[Pre-Chorus]
Do you taste the poison
In the stories that you spin
Do you flinch a little
When you say you’d do it all again (yeah)
[Chorus]
Saint in public
Snake in private
Acting holy while your lies get violent
How does it feel to hurt the one
Who never did a thing to you
You held my hand
Then you chose to let it go
Just to stand beside him
Defend his ghost
Tell me
Does it burn
Does it burn
When the truth starts burning through
[Verse 2]
You turned red flags into roses
Said his name like it meant fate
I was bleeding while you told me
I was just “a little late”
Now I see you from a distance
Like a stranger on the train
I rewind our teenage sleepovers
Wish we’d never even learned our names
[Pre-Chorus]
Do you hear my voice
When you’re lying wide awake
Does the mirror hold you
Or does it finally break (oh)
[Chorus]
Saint in public
Snake in private
Acting holy while your lies get violent
How does it feel to hurt the one
Who never did a thing to you
You chose his side
Watched me fall and called it “truth”
Sold my trust just to worship what he’d do
Tell me
Does it burn
Does it burn
When the truth starts burning through
[Bridge]
How does it feel?
To call me “sister” then twist the steel
To watch me drown so he can breathe
To call it love when it’s just fear (just fear)
I wish we never met
Wish your number never saved
Wish our photos stayed un-taken
All those birthdays
All those braids
[Chorus]
Saint in public
Snake in private
Acting holy while your lies get quiet
How does it feel to hurt the one
Who would’ve given up the world for you
I was on your side when you had nothing left
You turned around
Put a knife in my chest
Tell me
Does it burn
Does it burn
When the truth starts burning through
[Outro]
Saint in public
Stranger to me
I was your safe place
Now you’re just a bad dream (yeah)