[Verse 1]
You talked in knives and jokes
Smirk like a locked door
Every grin had a dent
Every laugh said: “go”
You threw your words like sparks
To keep me off your skin
But I saw the hand behind
The armor and the grin
[Pre-Chorus]
I didn’t flinch
I didn’t fold
I kept my place
In the cold
One more step
One more night
Till your iron blinked
In my light
[Chorus]
Rust in her smile
Rust in her smile
I stayed awhile
Rust in her smile
Stone by stone
I watched it fall
You let me in
You let me in
[Verse 2]
You’d cut the room in half
With one sharp little line
Make them all back up
Like they’d crossed a line
But late in quiet rooms
Your voice went soft and bare
You looked at me like you forgot
How to wear your glare
[Pre-Chorus]
I didn’t run
I held your gaze
I learned your storms
Had shapes and names
One more truth
One more bruise
Till the gate in you
Started loose
[Chorus]
Rust in her smile
Rust in her smile
I stayed awhile
Rust in her smile
Stone by stone
I watched it fall
You let me in
You let me in
[Bridge]
When the jokes got thin
And the mask grew cracks
You stood in the wreck
And you didn’t snap back
Just breathed my name
Like it hurt to try
Then you dropped the blade
And met my eyes
[Final Chorus]
Rust in her smile
Rust in her smile
I stayed awhile
Rust in her smile
Stone by stone
I watched it fall
You let me in
You let me in
Rust in her smile
Rust in her smile
And the wall came down
At last, at last