Bite

Got a list like a blade, alphabet of rage
Could carve it in the mirror, watch it age
Every smile they fake, every lie they feed
I stitch it in silence, but I still bleed
You don’t know what I could say
Words loaded like a gun on parade
Could burn down your kingdom of spite
But I choke it back every damn night

I rehearse the storm in my head
Dagger thoughts, painted red
But I’m the saint with lips sewn shut
Dripping venom I never let cut

I bite my tongue, I cage the flame
Spit your sins back with your name
Drag you down where monsters sleep
But I play nice while I grind my teeth
I bite my tongue till it turns to stone
Throne of silence I sit alone
Never hear what I could’ve screamed
Darling, I dream it dark and mean

Every time you twist the knife and grin
I write a verse in my book of sins
You don’t deserve the truth I hide
Starve the fury, keep it inside
Paint your karma in neon ink
Call the vultures, watch them drink
But not glass, I'm grace, I’m tame
While you set fire and walk away

I dance with ghosts you can’t see
Hold back war like it’s mercy
I’m sugar-laced with cyanide
But I swallow the storm, every time

I bite my tongue, I cage the flame
Spit your sins back with your name
Drag you down where monsters sleep
But I play nice while I grind my teeth
Bite my tongue till it turns to stone
Throne of silence I sit alone
Never hear what I could’ve screamed
But darling, I dream it dark and mean

You think I’m soft 'cause I never snap
But I’m holding back a thunderclap
Every curse I don’t unleash
Is a crown of thorns beneath my peace

I bite my tongue, I cage the flame
Spit your sins back with your name
Break you down with just one breath
But I let you live instead of death
Bite my tongue, I don’t confess
Cruel things I could’ve said in jest
Never know what I won’t scream
But trust me, I dream it
Oh, I dream it
Dark and mean