I paint my face like armor every morning Heels like weapons, smile like a warning The performance starts before I leave my door I don't know who I'm dressing for anymore I've been performing since I learned to walk Trained my laugh, rehearsed my talk Every gesture calculated, every move rehearsed I'm so good at this it hurts My jaw aches from smiling Spine bent from the posing Can't tell where the costume ends Where I begin If I ever did Keep your gaze, keep your standards I'm not your art anymore This face, these hands, this body Aren't a show, aren't a score I'm reclaiming every inch You commodified Just skin and bone and fury Just me, alive I perfected every angle, every pose Till I disappeared beneath the clothes But I can feel myself underneath Starving, suffocating, screaming to breathe So I'm shredding the costume Thread by thread The girl you wanted Is dead Keep your gaze, keep your standards I'm not your art anymore This face, these hands, this body Aren't a show, aren't a score I'm reclaiming every inch You commodified Just skin and bone and fury Just me, alive
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