[Verse 1] Gold dust on my shoulders, unpaid bills in my bag Smile for the cameras while the soul starts to crack Paris lights shimmer like a lie in mascara Everybody wants the crown, nobody wants the trauma Mama calls Sunday, says “Are you eating enough?” I say “Yeah, everything’s fine” through a voice going rough Backstage champagne tastes like beautiful danger Every stranger knows my face, but nobody gets closer [Pre-Chorus] I dance with the silence after every encore The diamonds on my skin can’t hide the war [Chorus] It’s the artist life, darling Golden prisons and alarms Kissing fame in the mirror While it’s tearing off my heart Everybody sings my name like a hallelujah choir But the higher that I climb The lonelier the fire It’s the artist life... Mm-mm, the artist life [Verse 2] Red lips, black car, midnight in Milano Living out a dream that feels partially borrowed Contracts on the table, poison in the perfume Smiling in designer heels walking to my doom My reflection’s getting famous faster than I am I became a headline instead of a woman Another flash, another story people reinvent But nobody sees the tears under the diamant [Pre-Chorus] I dance with the silence after every encore They love the fantasy, not the person anymore [Chorus] It’s the artist life, darling Golden prisons and alarms Kissing fame in the mirror While it’s tearing off my heart Everybody sings my name like a hallelujah choir But the higher that I climb The lonelier the fire It’s the artist life... Mm-mm, the artist life [Bridge] Tell me who I am without the spotlights Without the makeup melting at 3 a.m. If tomorrow all the music disappeared Would anybody stay here? [Final Chorus] It’s the artist life, darling Broken angels dressed in gold Turning pain into diamonds Just to sell another show Everybody wants the heaven Nobody survives the fall So I wear my scars like sequins And I give them everything I’ve got Yeah, the artist life... Mm-mm, the artist life [Outro] Spotlight fades But the echo remains
