Placebo

[Verse 1] You pour tea in my kitchen Say "You’ve gotta learn to breathe" Trace your name in the steam on the window Like you could rewrite me You talk slow like a sermon Thumb pressed into my knee You say "Baby You’ll be better in the morning" But the night stays in my teeth [Chorus] You’re just a placebo Tastes like a cure But you fade slow You’re just a placebo Sweet on my tongue But you stay hollow You’re just a placebo [Verse 2] You keep rearranging furniture Like that could move my hurt Post-it notes on the bathroom mirror "Love yourself" written over the dirt You count all of my bad days Like they’re beads on a string Say "Look It’s getting smaller every year" But my hands still always shake [Chorus] [Bridge] [low vocal register] I take you like medicine Til I can’t feel anything [airy harmonies] All of your comfort’s cotton Tearing where I bend You’re soft on the surface But you don’t reach my bones I keep swallowing the story Still I bleed alone [Chorus]