It was never safe — babe, that was the first lesson. It was silent — like a pact signed in the dark. Listen close. Neon prayers on the pavement, heel-click confessions, I learned to count heartbeats by the shuttered expressions. City hums like a cauldron, bubbling small deceit, Every corner keeps a secret, every stranger’s discreet. You smiled like contraband, velvet and a knife, Tiptoe through my ribs, shoplifted my life. I braided up my anger, tied it with a curse, Wrote your name in charcoal, burnt it into verse. They said keep your voice soft — honey, I kept my roar, Silence was the currency, but I wanted more. So I stitched my armor from whispers and the rain, If the world’s a witch-hunt, I’ll dance in the flame. It was never safe — oh, we knew the signs, It was silent — mouths closed, clenched like mines. We traded lullabies for retrograde alarms, Beauty with a bruise, sugar wrapped in harm. It was never safe, it was silent — now listen as I break the hush, Sassy as a spell, watch me twist the rust. Midnight diplomacy, lipstick for the pact, I flirt with the danger, then vanish — just an act. You think the quiet comforts? Sweet friend, that’s the seam, Pull it wrong and watch the wallpaper scream. I keep a mirror in my pocket, reflect every lie, Names carved on my knuckles, stories that won’t die. I taught silence some manners — make it stand and sing, Turned hush into a chorus, gave iron to the ring. Oh, you wanted silence? I gave you noise — controlled, precise. Like a witch with a metronome, counting sins like dice. Never safe, never tender — those were the truths we kept, Now kiss the ash off my fingertips, feel the promises you left. Listen — the alleys whisper dossiers of the lost, Candles gutter, deals mutter, all at a hidden cost. I loop a spell on heartbreak, spin satin into scars, Dress my wounds in sequins, put the moon up on the bar. It was never safe — you should’ve known the plan, It was silent — but I found the words, I found my stand. We traded lullabies for retrograde alarms, Beauty with a bruise, sugar wrapped in harm. It was never safe, it was silent — I’ll sing until the night combusts, Sassy sorceress, babe, I’m justice in a gust. So if they tell you quiet keeps you whole, laugh and walk away, Silence is a shadow, danger’s just a stray. It was never safe, it was silent — now watch me turn it loud, I’m the spell you feared, the rumor in the crowd.
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