Please — don’t touch [Verse 1] I left your name downstairs at reception placed your questions in a numbered tray drew a gold line through the center of the marble made obedience look like taste Every room contained one licensed version every bruise had passed review you admired the clean arrangement never asked what it removed [Pre-Chotus] No flash, no touch keep the distance photogenic (no touch) every silence labeled rare (labeled rare) I can make refusal feel exclusive make a warning feel like care [Chorus] FOR DISPLAY ONLY (display only) low light, white gloves you can learn every detail never learn what it cost FOR DISPLAY ONLY (display only) velvet rope, no key you can walk through the story never walk into me (into me) [Post-Chorus] Come closer mind the line (mind the line) read the label not the mind (not the mind) take the audio follow signs what you call intimacy was scheduled by design (by design) [Verse 2] There was one room I never numbered where your coat still held the rain I called the missing wing “maintenance” so no one asked what still remained One cold cup had stained the wooden table one stopped clock still missed your time every clue was true in isolation that’s how clean a lie can shine [Pre-Chorus] No flash, no touch keep the distance photogenic (no touch) every silence labeled rare (labeled rare) I can make refusal feel exclusive make a warning feel like care [Chorus] FOR DISPLAY ONLY (display only) low light, white gloves you can learn every detail never learn what it cost FOR DISPLAY ONLY (display only) velvet rope, no key you can walk through the story never walk into me (into me) [Post-Chorus] Come closer mind the line (mind the line) read the label not the mind (not the mind) take the audio follow signs what you call intimacy was scheduled by design (by design) [Verse 3] At the end I waited past the mirror close enough to share your breath you pressed your palm against my perfect outline and mistook the pose for yes (for yes) I raised mine exactly where you wanted let the distance imitate touch you believed the glass was all between us I knew I had built too much [Bridge] I didn’t keep you out I kept the picture clean (picture clean) removed every living thing that could alter what you’d seen You met every part of me that had survived review (survived review) I called the distance self-respect fear had learned the dress code too (dress code too) No fingerprints no accidental proof nothing living crossed the line nothing living touched the truth (touched the truth) [Final Chorus] FOR DISPLAY ONLY (display only) low light, white gloves you can learn every detail never learn what it cost FOR DISPLAY ONLY (display only) velvet rope, no key you can walk through the story never walk into me (into me) FOR DISPLAY ONLY (display only) house closed, no key I built a perfect distance then it started keeping me (keeping me) [Outro — Close, almost spoken] When the last guest left the building I drew the gold line round my feet looked at the woman in the glass she called the silence peace and the mirror agreed. (agreed)
