Lyrics
[Verse 1] [D] [world-class female] [voice of the gods] [strong clear] I learned my face from the wrong kind of light [dry piano] [solo cello under] Bathroom bulb, phone glass, a window at night [harp] [low harmonics] I practised the mouth they already liked [muted trumpet under] Then hated it on me [low cluster] Then did it again [strong clear vocal] [Verse 2] [D] [adult] [lead forward] Vanity isn’t a palace [heartbeat pizzicato] It’s a minute you steal [alto flute under] Checking the lock of hair [dark choir far] That nobody asked to see [violas under] I call it care [low harmony under] It answers to worse names [bowed cymbal] I still look [held D] [voice on top] [Pre-Chorus] [G] [A] [rising] [every word clear] If I go dark [bass clarinet] Who am I in the morning [stopped horn] If I stay lit [crotales] What do I owe the glass [heel click] [Chorus] [A] [full dark-gold pit] [goddess vocal cuts through] Beauty wants a witness [twelve-desk strings under] [choir behind] Vanity wants it now [cimbasso] [bass trombone] [cold gold brass] One of them is hungry [cello song] One of them takes a bow [cor anglais] I dress for the room [two harps] I dress for the ghost [dark close choir] I can’t tell which one [contrary strings] I wanted most [ninth] [voice first] [Verse 3] [D] [mature] [sensual] [strong] They said don’t be vain [flugelhorn under] Then they paid for the face [prepared piano] They said be natural [key colour under] With a filter on the page [granular tails] I held the serum like a secret [bass flute] I held the jaw like a job [heartbeat pizz] Pretty is a shift [english horn] You don’t get to clock off [voice still huge] [Pre-Chorus] [G] [A] [clear lift] If I go dark [contrabassoon colour] Who am I in the morning [muted horn] If I stay lit [gongs far] What do I owe the glass [forward female] [Chorus] [A] [bigger expensive orchestra] Beauty wants a witness [full strings] [choir behind] Vanity wants it now [brass floor] [lead on top] One of them is hungry [tuned gongs] One of them takes a bow [crotales] I dress for the room [harps crossing] I dress for the ghost [alto choir behind] I can’t tell which one [shimmer under] I wanted most [dark-gold bloom] [voice of the gods] [Bridge] [E] [strong a cappella] [no whisper] Leave the mirror [solo female strong] I last three steps [one heel] Then the thought arrives [solo cello answers] How did that look [clear, adult] From the back [thin viola] From the door [muted horn] From a mouth that isn’t mine [held cluster] [voice clear] I turn around [piano under] Of course I do [strong female] [Outro] [D] [late-night] Light still on [dry piano] Glass still honest [string harmonic] I still look [strong clear solo] [one heel]