My Wide Deranged Smile

Lyrics

Intro
Shh
I’m smiling too wide
Shh
Keep your eyes down
Metal bones
Cold and neat
I learned to grin
On command

Verse 1
There’s a crack in my cheek
Where the old dark leaks
I wore wire for a crown
And I never shut down
Your name on my tongue
Like a nail in glass
I keep standing still
While the minutes pass

Pre-Chorus
Don’t touch the seam
Don’t say my name
The face you know
Is a loaded frame
Hold your breath
Count to three
I’m almost here
Inside of me

Chorus
My wide deranged smile
Cuts through the room
My wide deranged smile
Brings the cold right through
It says stay close
It says run now
My wide deranged smile
Won’t come down

Verse 2
I saw my reflection
In a locker door
Same hollow stare
But it wanted more
Rattle in the jaw
Tick in the spine
Like a factory saint
With a broken mind

Pre-Chorus
Don’t touch the seam
Don’t say my name
The face you know
Is a loaded frame
Hold your breath
Count to three
I’m almost here
Inside of me

Chorus
My wide deranged smile
Cuts through the room
My wide deranged smile
Brings the cold right through
It says stay close
It says run now
My wide deranged smile
Won’t come down

Breakdown
Grip
Snap
Hold that pose
Click
Crack
Feel it close
Grin so hard
The mask bites back
Grin so hard
No turning back

Verse 3
In the blacked-out hall
I hear your feet
Little panic drum
Pounding the beat
I don’t chase fast
I don’t need light
I just wait there
With my teeth in sight

Bridge
Now the skin goes thin
Now the wires sing
Now the mouth opens
Like a metal wing
If I fall apart
Let me fall in style
I was built to bloom
With this deranged smile

Breakdown
Smile
Smile
Smile
Smile
Wide
Wide
Wide
Wide
Deranged

Chorus
My wide deranged smile
Cuts through the room
My wide deranged smile
Brings the cold right through
It says stay close
It says run now
My wide deranged smile
Won’t come down

Outro
Shh
Keep your eyes down
Shh
I’m smiling too wide
Metal bones
Cold and neat
I learned to grin
On command