ALIAS Verse 1 I changed my name in motel bathrooms, Steam on the mirror, cheap perfume lungs, Cut my hair like severed history, Still heard my mother in the way I run. Every city wears a different mask, Neon saints with cocaine teeth, I kissed strangers just to prove There was still somebody underneath. I learned to disappear beautifully, Like smoke escaping through a gun, But every road I ever took Was just another circle drawn. ⸻ Pre-Chorus You can change your skin, your clothes, your lovers, Burn every photograph you knew— But there’s a shadow in the suitcase That always packs itself with you. ⸻ Chorus Alias, alias— Everywhere I go, there I am. New lipstick, fake names, hotel sins, Still dragging my skeleton behind my grin. Also known as the girl who runs, Also known as what she runs from, Bit my tongue ‘til my whole body numb, Chasing ghosts I’ll never outrun. Alias, alias— Changing faces in the dark, But my own hands leave the marks. Also known as the girl… Also known as… ⸻ Verse 2 I wore black velvet devastation, Made heartbreak look fashionable, Turned my scars into conversation So nobody asked what caused them all. I’ve been every version of survival: Saint, addict, lover, thief, Half the people that I played Were just disguises for my grief. There’s a graveyard in my passport, Every stamp another lie, And the hardest thing about escape Is bringing your own mind. ⸻ Pre-Chorus You can drown yourself in noise and strangers, In static, sex, and midnight bars— But there’s no distance far enough To leave your nervous system parked. ⸻ Chorus Alias, alias— Everywhere I go, there I am. New lipstick, fake names, hotel sins, Still dragging my skeleton behind my grin. Also known as the girl who runs, Also known as what she runs from, Bit my tongue ‘til my whole body numb, Chasing ghosts I’ll never outrun. Alias, alias— Changing faces in the dark, But my own hands leave the marks. Also known as the girl… Also known as… ⸻ Bridge And all my reinventions Still bleed the same blood red, You can rename the monster— It still sleeps inside your head. I spent my whole life building exits Out of people, pills, and planes, But everywhere the highway ended I was standing there again. ⸻ Final Chorus Alias, alias— Everybody calls me something else. Bad blood, false god, pretty ghost, A motel bible left on somebody’s shelf. Also known as the girl who runs, Also known as what she runs from, Bit my tongue ‘til my whole body numb, Chasing ghosts I’ll never outrun. Alias, alias— Changing faces in the dark, But my own hands leave the marks. Also known as the girl… Also known as… me. There I am.
