lipstick and blood

Lyrics

Verse 1
Cherry red stains on your collar tonight,
Cheap motel perfume under neon lights.
You swore forever with your hand on my skin,
While another girl's lipstick signed your sin.

The neighbors heard shouting through paper-thin walls,
Then silence so heavy you could hear it crawl.
Now the headlines whisper what nobody should—
"Small-town sweetheart drowned in lipstick and blood."

Pre-Chorus
Every alibi's cracking, every secret unfolds,
Truth has a heartbeat that never grows old.

Chorus
Lipstick and blood on the front-page lies,
Flashbulbs burning through the midnight sky.
Yellow tape wrapped around our love,
Everybody wants to know what happened to us.
Your fingerprints all over every broken vow,
You're the prime suspect somehow.
No one knows where the story ends—
Just lipstick... and blood.

Verse 2
Your side piece crying on the evening news,
Swearing she never knew she'd be used.
Your best friend's talking to the detectives now,
Every little secret coming spilling out.

The jury of strangers has made up their minds,
Turning heartbreak into a televised crime.
You dug your own grave with every deceit,
Now your name echoes on every street.

Pre-Chorus
The truth cuts deeper than a knife ever could,
Some scars are written in misunderstood.

Chorus
Lipstick and blood on the front-page lies,
Flashbulbs burning through the midnight sky.
Yellow tape wrapped around our love,
Everybody wants to know what happened to us.
Your fingerprints all over every broken vow,
You're the prime suspect somehow.
No one knows where the story ends—
Just lipstick... and blood.

Bridge
Maybe the killer was jealousy.
Maybe it was greed.
Maybe it was all those promises
You planted like poisoned seeds.
The case went cold, but your secrets didn't.
Truth always leaves a stain.

Final Chorus
Lipstick and blood beneath the courthouse lights,
Every witness haunted by that night.
The cheating started every domino to fall,
Now no one's innocent at all.
Love became evidence, trust turned to dust,
Buried beneath betrayal and lust.
Some crimes fade... but this one never does—
Just lipstick... and blood.

Outro
Your kiss was the weapon.
Your lies pulled the trigger.
And the only thing they found...
Was lipstick and blood.