Sugar on the Blade
They
love me most When I don’t move When I hold the pose
And hide the truth
Another room, another light
Another version dressed in white
They say my name like something sweet
Then take another piece of me
I learned to smile beneath the weight
To make exhaustion look like grace
Every blessing raised the stakes Every open hand began to take
Tell me I’m lucky
Tell me I’m safe
While something silver Hangs over the stage
There’s sugar on the blade
Sweetness on the pain
Everybody wants a taste Until there’s nothing left to take
There’s sugar on the blade
Love written on the chains It all tastes sweet against my tongue
Until I feel what it’s become So sweet So sweet There’s sugar
on the blade
They know the shape,
they know the sound They know the face I carry out
But if the lights went cold tonight Would anybody know me without
the shine? I hear the cheering through the walls It sounds like
warning when it falls The higher every moment climbs The less of
me I recognize Tell me I’m chosen
Tell me I’m brave
While something silent
Waits over the stage
There’s sugar on the blade
Sweetness on the pain
Everybody wants a taste Until there’s nothing left to take
There’s sugar on the blade
Love written on the chains It all tastes sweet against my tongue
Until I feel what it’s become
So sweet So sweet There’s sugar on the blade If I disappear
when the room goes dark Will you look for me beyond the
art? If my voice gives out,
if the image breaks Will you love what the performance takes?
I don’t need another hand reaching in I need somewhere the noise
can’t get But silence feels like losing everything
So I walk beneath the weight again
There’s sugar on the blade
Sweetness on the pain
Everybody wants a taste But no one wants to share the weight
There’s sugar on the blade A promise I can’t escape It all
tastes sweet against my tongue Until I see what I’ve become
So sweet So sweet
There’s sugar on the blade The lights went out The cheering stopped
Then something underneath my heartbeat
Knocked
And whispered— Open