Glitter on the Surface

Intro

(ooh-ooh, la-la, do-do-do)

Vinyl crackle, brass with a wink — uh-huh, yeah

Verse

Porcelain smiles on paper collars, they fold like a note

They serve you sugared language in a crystal throat

Pocket-sized compliments, satin on a string

They gesture like actors in a play you didn't sing

Polished like coins, but hollow in the ring

When the light leans in they don't glow — they just cling

Pre-chorus

I sip my small truth slow, watch the manners rehearse

They pass around applause like it's owed, like it's theirs (like it's theirs)

The room hums polite, they practice the lines

I keep the real in my pocket, they keep the signs

Chorus

Glitter on the surface, glitter on the surface (uh-huh, yeah)

Glitter on the surface, glitter on the surface (oh-oh)

All that shimmer, all that posture, all that pretty rehearsal

Glitter on the surface, glitter on the surface

Verse

They bouquet their stories in borrowed bloom, perfumed confetti

Smile with the script, then fold it neatly, oh so steady

They call the weather friendly, then complain about the rain

They offer you a map with a missing lane

Gold leaf promises that chip away by noon

They dance in borrowed shoes to a borrowed tune

Pre-chorus

I watch the shadow play, the paper puppets sway

They trade in old applause, and call it déjà vu (call it déjà vu)

You can keep your satin words, your polished little curse

I keep my crooked truth — it still rehearses worse

Chorus

Glitter on the surface, glitter on the surface (yeah, yeah)

Glitter on the surface, glitter on the surface (la-la)

All that shimmer, all that posture, all that pretty rehearsal

Glitter on the surface, glitter on the surface

Bridge

Keep your postcards from a life you didn't live (keep 'em, keep 'em)

Say the lines you were taught to forgive (uh-huh)

I'll leave the applause to the painted crowd

I'll tip my hat to the brass and bow out loud (heyi ya)

If you need a mirror that flatters the lie

Paint your day with gloss and silver dye

But when the room is quiet and the lights are small

You can't clap for someone else's fall

Chorus

Glitter on the surface, glitter on the surface (oh-oh)

Glitter on the surface, glitter on the surface (oh-oh)

All that shimmer, all that posture, all that pretty rehearsal

Glitter on the surface, glitter on the surface

Glitter on the surface, glitter on the surface (do-do-do)