The Fiction of You

A name a smile a hollow frame
A mask you wear a scripted game
A world of glass a painted hue
I don't believe the fiction of you

Every word rehearsed too well
Perfect lines an empty shell
You shift you bend you play the part
Do you even know your heart?

Reflections warp the cracks run deep
The image fades you cannot keep
I see the seams I see right through
Your mirror breaks before the truth

You lie to me you lie to you
A story sold but never true
A world of glass a painted hue
I don't believe the fiction of you

Of you
You edit everything I said
Gaslight gospel in my head
Every no became a test
Every yes a tethered breath

It didn't crash it crept in slow
A smile with seams I didn't know
I traced the cracks I found the seam
Pulled the thread back to my skin

You lie to me you lie to you
A story sold but never true
A world of glass a painted hue
I don't believe the fiction of you

Red flags don't wave when they're wrapped around you
Your echoes fade your walls collapse
Your name erased no turning back

If no one sees it did you break?
If no one knows do you escape?
You lie to me you lie to you
A story sold but never true

A world of glass a painted hue
I won't believe the fiction of you
I don't believe the fiction of you