This ain't paint this is myth on skin Open the veil let the rite begin Don't call me pretty I came to possess I don't perform I confess You see lines I see language Sigils of a girl who turned damage into advantage Black streaks white bands across cheek and lip I wear war like worship I let silence drip Left breast bare but the stare intact You can trace my survival in every abstract This ain't costume this ain't art This is how I mark what ripped me apart And yeah I still smile with the knife in my mouth Still make grief look clean while I bleed it out And yeah I still smile with the knife in my mouth Still make grief look clean while I bleed it out This ain't paint this is myth on skin Open the veil let the rite begin Don't call me pretty I came to possess I don't perform I confess You want beauty go ask a ghost I'm the one they fear most when I'm close Cracked lip pierced truth Shoulders bare but rooted like proof Every mark on my face is a locked door Every glance I give is a silent war I don't dance for the gaze I gaze right back Make 'em flinch with a face they can't unpack I am myth in the mouth of a girl I am script in the shape of a curl Don't soften me Don't name me tame I wasn't born I was claimed This ain't paint this is myth on skin Open the veil let the rite begin Don't call me pretty I came to possess I don't perform I confess This ain't paint this is myth on skin Open the veil let the rite begin Don't call me pretty I came to possess I don't perform I confess
