Lipstick on the microphone, I leave it wet and bright Teeth flash under neon chrome, come kiss the warning sign Every rumor bought a seat, every saint became a spy Now the scandal found a beat and learned to move its thighs If you came to watch us sin, congratulations, get in line We don’t hide the appetite, we make it rhyme in public light Velvet rope, electric jaw, flashbulbs crawling up the floor One more gasp, one more taste, everybody wants the door Clap your hands, raise your voice Sing the thing you never chose Lean in close, lose your pose Let the wet shine take control Mouth like a stage, with the rafters slick and alive Tongue like a wire, dragging sparks along your spine We make hunger sound holy when the guitars climb Every craving learns to glitter in time Rails like teeth, and the pit breathes warm below You feel the front row pulling where you swore you’d never go We turn shame into rhythm, desire into flame Every mouth in the room starts singing our names Come feed the note, let it drag across your tongue Come taste the hook, till the whole room comes undone Stage lights, wet shine Close enough to taste night Lean in, don’t hide Feel the front teeth catch light Art begins where manners thin, so let the curtain sweat Candy teeth and wicked grin, I’m not finished with you yet Wounds can dance when held with care, scars can glitter under glass Fear has rhythm in the air when the good girls learn to ask Call us vulgar, call us strange, call it shame with pretty lace We still own the key change, we still own the camera face Every mouth and every scar turns the body into art Every whisper from the crowd crawls back begging for a part Some come to heal, some come to taste Some come to laugh, some come to race Some come to judge, they stay to sing Now the whole room starts to cling Pretty little panic, put your morals on the rack You can call it filthy, but you keep on coming back I can taste the question when you swallow down the blame Do you want the answer or a place inside the frame? Flash of fang, flash of lace, lipstick over bassline Turn the gasp, turn the ache, make it hit on beat nine If the stage is a mouth, let the pit become the gut If you step against the rail, feel the front teeth waking up Velvet black and silver spit Every shame gets dressed for it Lean in close, become the sound Let the room turn you around Sacred? Dirty? Same perfume Warm breath moving through the room What you hide behind your eyes Learns to sing when it survives Clap your hands, raise your voice Feed the line you never chose Shake the lights, bend the frame Say you came here for the shame Rails like teeth, pit like a gut Two steps closer, not enough Breathe it in, let it slide Say our names like a bite Ah—hah! Hhngh—taste it! Come closer! Taste night! Ah—hah! Hhngh—take it! Teeth bright! Stage lights! Mouth like a stage, with the rafters slick and alive Tongue like a wire, dragging sparks along your spine We make hunger sound holy when the guitars climb Every craving learns to glitter in time Rails like teeth, and the pit breathes warm below You feel the front row pulling where you swore you’d never go We turn shame into rhythm, desire into flame Every mouth in the room starts singing our names Come feed the note, let it drag across your tongue Come taste the hook, till the whole room comes undone Stage lights, wet shine Close enough to taste night Lean in, don’t hide Feel the front teeth catch light Rails like teeth, pit like a gut Two steps closer, not enough Every mouth and every scar Turns the body into art Art begins where manners thin Candy teeth and wicked grin Mouth like a stage Let the scandal in
