[intro] you should’ve known pretty things bite back [verse 1] you liked me quiet chin up, eyes down all silk manners all polished mouth you praised the way i learned to hold still like that was grace and not a sharpened skill you touched my hair like i was harmless half-made for velvet half-trained for your hand but i was only waiting the way locked teeth wait sweet on the surface ruin underneath [pre-chorus] you called me good you called me tame funny what a girl becomes when you teach her how to hate [chorus] pretty things bite back that’s the risk you missed soft skin, gold teeth and a mouth like this pretty things bite back look what you made of me you wanted something delicate now i arrive with teeth [verse 2] i brought the wolves for the doors you bolted the lions came for the look in your eyes the bears moved slow through the velvet dark like judgment dressed in fur and appetite and there you were still talking like a keeper still reaching out like i might know the leash cute but i bite nastier and i learned that trick from watching you preach [pre-chorus] don’t say my name like it still fits you made me small once i made that lethal [chorus] pretty things bite back that’s the risk you missed soft skin, gold teeth and a mouth like this pretty things bite back look what you made of me you wanted something delicate now i arrive with teeth [bridge] [spoken word] you didn’t raise a lady. you raised a consequence. you called me lovely while measuring my teeth. you called it guidance while teaching me where power sleeps. that’s the trouble with men who confuse stillness with surrender. [break] smile, darling show me fear good girl’s gone queen is here [final chorus] pretty things bite back hear the velvet split sweet face, bad habit and a sharper kiss pretty things bite back now the crown sits right you wanted something easy i came back crowned to bite pretty things bite back all your little rules gone thin you wanted a doll for the window now i let the wild things in [outro] you should’ve known pretty things come back with teeth
