[Verse 1] Salt on my tongue, black lace on my knees Candle smoke curling through the split in the breeze I kissed that omen like it knew my name Now every old shadow comes back the same Your ring on the floor, my palm on the crack Seven small knocks and the room talks back I fed the mirror what it wanted to see Now it keeps my face when it looks at me [Pre-Chorus] Tell me why it hums when I walk by Why the cold hand finds me every time I traced the line, now the line traced me Bitter little spell in the family tree [Chorus] Is it karma or a curse? Karma or a curse? Say my name, make it worse Is it karma or a curse? Karma or a curse? Under my skin, I feel it first [Verse 2] Black-eyed roses in a cracked old jar Mud on the threshold, too close by far I heard you laugh from the boarded room Then the walls went thin and the locks came loose I wore your words like a velvet thorn Now the moon hangs low where my fears were born Every good thing turns when I reach for more Like a door half-open in a hidden floor [Pre-Chorus] Tell me why it hums when I walk by Why the cold hand finds me every time I traced the line, now the line traced me Bitter little spell in the family tree [Chorus] Is it karma or a curse? Karma or a curse? Say my name, make it worse Is it karma or a curse? Karma or a curse? Under my skin, I feel it first [Bridge] If I broke it once, I broke it clean If I took too much, let it cut me lean I know the heat when the truth gets near I know the price when the veil is here [Final Chorus] Is it karma or a curse? Karma or a curse? Say my name, make it worse Is it karma or a curse? Karma or a curse? Under my skin, I feel it first Is it karma or a curse? Karma or a curse?
