Still glowing

Verse 1 (quiet, spoken-sung) Lip, dip, paint — line and a smile Girls in a row on the factory line They said it’s safe, said it glows for you Said a little shine never hurt anyone We wore it home like perfume on our wrists Danced in the dark just to watch ourselves lit Pre-chorus (building) Didn’t know the light was eating in Didn’t know the glow was under my skin Chorus (heavy, distorted) I sold my jaw for a company shine Painted numbers on another man’s time They knew — they knew before we did Called it a woman’s nerves, called us hysteric kids I’m not haunting you, I’m just still here Still glowing after all these years Verse 2 (quiet again, colder) The doctors said it’s in your head The lawyers said the case is dead My teeth came loose before my name was in the paper My bones went soft while they called it labor Chorus (repeat, bigger) Bridge (stripped to almost nothing, then slams) You can bury a girl you can bury a file you can bury the truth for a little while — but radium doesn’t forget a body it just waits Outro (heavy, then cuts to silence) Dig me up in eighty years I’ll still be burning, still be here Still glowing — still glowing — (silence)