Pretty When I’m Dangerous

Verse 1

You liked me when I stayed polite

When I kept my edges small

When I smiled through the tension

Like I didn’t feel it all

Now I walk in like a warning

Now I take up every space

And the same eyes that ignored me

Can’t stop watching my face

Pre-Chorus

I don’t shrink

I don’t hide

Chorus

I’m pretty when I’m dangerous

Better when I don’t behave

You don’t know what to do with me

Now I don’t need you to stay

Every version you preferred

Was the one I couldn’t be

I’m pretty when I’m dangerous

And finally free

Verse 2

I stopped asking for permission

Stopped explaining what I’m worth

Now the room adjusts around me

Every time I hit the floor

You don’t scare me with rejection

You don’t move me with applause

I don’t live inside your comfort

I don’t follow your laws

Bridge

No approval

No disguise

This is power

This is mine

Final Chorus

I’m pretty when I’m dangerous

Stronger when I’m seen

Every piece you tried to tame

Is the part that leads

I don’t need your safe version

I don’t need your control

I’m pretty when I’m dangerous

And I know