Hiding my horns with a halo

Sharp tongue

But I bite it in half

Cracked gold halo

Hiding teeth when I laugh

Sunday shirt

Over yesterday’s sins

Blessed be the brittle mask

Stapled to my skin

They say, “Keep it clean, keep still” (keep still)

So I shove these points back under my will

Smile so sweet while I swallow the bile

You love the saint

You’d run from the wild

I’ve been hiding my horns with a halo

Painting over my rage with a halo

Every scar, every scar that I can’t show

Shining bright just to cover the shadow

I’ve been hiding my horns with a halo

Terrified of the me I might let go

If it falls, if it falls, would you stay though

When I’m standing in the dark with my …horns exposed

Church shoes

On a dirt-road past

All the vows I swore

Saying, “This time it’ll last”

Lip-locked prayers

That I spit in the sink

If you saw the wreck I am

Tell me, would you still sing

They say, “Keep your head up, boy” (head up)

So I tilt this ring to hide the point

Grin so wide like I’m perfectly fine

You love the glow

You’d choke on the ..spine

I’ve been hiding my horns with a halo

Painting over my rage with a halo

Every scar, every scar that I can’t show

Shining bright just to cover the shadow

I’ve been hiding my horns with a halo

Terrified of the me I might let go

If it falls, if it falls, would you stay though

When I’m standing in the dark with my ….horns exposed

Take this circle off my head

Let it roll, let it rust, let it die by the bed

If I burn, if I glow in a red-hot way

Will you curse my name

Or will you ….stay

I’m not your spotless shrine

I’m blood, I’m spit, I’m fight, I’m spine

Your holy water never reached my throat

I carved my faith in flesh and hope (hey!)

I’ve been hiding my horns with a halo

Painting over my rage with a halo

Every scar, every scar that I can’t show

Shining bright just to cover the shadow

I’ve been hiding my horns with a halo

But I’m done trying to bend, trying to lay low

If it falls, if it falls, let the truth show

I’m alive in the dark with my ….. horns exposed