Perfect Illusion Smile

Perfect Illusion Smile

I wore your love like a golden flame

It warmed me once, then burned my name

Whispers sweet like a lullaby

But inside, I was learning how to cry

You held me close with hands so cold

Told me stories I shouldn’t have told

Under glitter and diamond skies

I painted joy over silent lies

Every smile was a mask I wore

To keep you coming back for more

But behind the stage, behind the light

I was breaking every night

Touched by love, but crushed by pain

Dancing through the acid rain

Faking joy to play the part

Of a perfect girl with a shattered heart

Behind the shimmer, behind the style

Was a broken soul with a perfect smile

Oh, it’s just a perfect illusion

In a world of pure confusion

You kissed my lips, I bit my tongue

Your sweetest song was never sung

Tried to laugh while I fell apart

Just to be your work of art

I played the queen in your charade

While my own colors slowly fade

My crown was glass, my voice was gone

But I still smiled and carried on

I wore the glitter, wore the pain

Hid my thunder in the rain

Behind the lights and velvet ropes

I danced away my final hopes

Touched by love, but crushed by pain

Dancing through the acid rain

Faking joy to play the part

Of a perfect girl with a shattered heart

Behind the shimmer, behind the style

Was a broken soul with a perfect smile

Oh, it’s just a perfect illusion

In a world of pure confusion

Can you see the tears in neon glow?

Did you ever really want to know?

Was I ever more than just a dream

In your painted Hollywood scene?

Touched by love, betrayed by fate

Trapped inside a crystal cage

Still I danced and played the part

Of a perfect girl with a haunted heart

Behind the shimmer, behind the style

Was a soul screaming all the while

Oh, it’s just a perfect illusion

But I’m done with this delusion

No more perfect smiles tonight...

No more perfect lies in light...

I’ll be broken, I’ll be real...

And I’ll finally start to feel...