[Intro] Honey in the rafters. Glass in the light. From far away, a girl becomes a kind of night. [Verse 1] I offered my name like a coin to the river They promised this dream would be gold They kept my reflection and sent back a stranger Sewn into sequins, too bright to hold Hunger learned my measurements first A quiet arithmetic under the skin I set the plate down as if it were prayer And called the emptiness discipline [Pre-Chorus] They gild the bars and call it a stage Teach the mouth to open on cue The world wants the blossom Never the stem from where it grew [Chorus] Pretty poison in the bouquet They paid for the bloom, not the bruise I learned to open on command A flower arranged to be used Kirei na doku in the water (Pretty Poison) It keeps the petals from falling too soon Pretty poison — they call it devotion My headstone says "Gone too soon" [Verse 2] Love was a door they painted shut A rumor of warmth I was told not to keep They sold my space by the second Then asked me to sleep without sleep The moon forgot the map to my body Tide after tide, no silver returned They praised the thinness of the hourglass Never the sand that burned [Pre-Chorus] Pose me gentle, pose me still A doll who remembers she used to run They keep the version that never asks What the light has done [Chorus] Pretty poison in the bouquet They paid for the bloom, not the bruise I learned to open on command A flower arranged to be used Kirei na doku in the water (pretty poison) It keeps the petals from falling too soon Pretty poison — they call it devotion My headstone says "Gone too Soon" [Bridge] Ningyō no egao dake ga ureru (Smile of a doll is all that sells) Yume wa shiroku, naka wa yoru (The dream is white, the inside is night) Hana ni natte, karete iku (Become a flower, then go to wilt) [Final Chorus] Pretty poison in the bouquet Cut clean and smiling in the vase They keep the color for the evening And throw the stem away Kirei na doku — still in the water (Pretty Poison) Still teaching beauty how to stay Pretty poison, take your curtain Leave me the night. Keep the display. [Outro] Honey in the rafters. Glass in the light.
