Glow Red

Boots on the tile

Echo in the hallway

Sharp and wild

Lipstick smudge on a paper cup

Laugh too loud

Then I choke it up

Hands in my pockets

Thoughts in a lockbox

Rusted shut

You say my name like it's evidence

Like I'm caught in my own fingerprints

I've been hiding in the corners

Fading into every crowd

But you drag me to the center

Say it soft

Say it proud

Glow red

All over my skin now

Glow red

I'm burning from within now

High note

Low note

Spinning in my chest

I confess

I confess

I confess

Glow red

Eyes open like sirens

Glow red

Pulse crashing in silence

Up here

Down there

Till my voice is bled

I am not afraid to glow red

Cheap ring

Heavy on my hand

Phone lights up with a name I can't stand

You trace hearts on a foggy glass

Say "This time

We can make it last"

But I've seen mirrors crack in two

Every time I leaned on you

Tonight I paint my doubt instead

Shade by shade

It spreads and spreads

I've been shrinking for your comfort

Trying not to take up space

Now my shadow grows around you

You can feel it on your face

Glow red

Catch me sound the land

Glow red

Catch it sound the lands

Slow breath

Count to seven

I confess

I confess

Count to seven

Tongue tastes iron

Fear tastes heaven

I bite back every careful word

Then let them fly

Let them burn

Ah-ah Ah-ah