Contact Sheet

[Intro] Powder settles on the collarbone Lights come up before I'm ready [Verse 1] Pin the hem an inch too tight Trace the liner past the lid Somebody calls my name And I answer like it's mine Mirror bulbs count down the seconds Backstage clock stuck on the hour Every crease gets pressed away Before they let me out the door [Pre-Hook] Count four steps to the light Chin up, don't look down [Hook] This is the frame they paid to see (see it, see it) Not the one still [Verse 2] After the walk the room goes quiet Racks of clothes still warm from me I peel the pins out one by one And nobody's watching now The stutter in the hallway lights Catches me between two selves One still holding the pose One already gone [Pre-Hook] Count four steps to the dark Chin down, let it drop [Hook] This is the frame they paid to see (see it, see it) Not the one still [Interlude] [Bridge] Take the powder off the collarbone Nobody's watching now Take the pin out of the hem Nobody's watching now [Final Hook] This is the frame nobody kept The one still catching breath Contact sheet of who I actually am Somewhere after the flash [Outro] Lights go down slow Mirror empty, bulb still warm