Bruises x stardom
pop, Dark bubblegum pop with female vocals, glossy synths over a grimy bassline. Verses stay tight and intimate with close-mic whispers, ticking percussion, and chorused guitars in the background. Choruses explode with gang shouts, wide pads, and saturated drums, hooky topline riding just ahead of the beat. Bridge strips to distorted bass and filtered vocal, then slams back into a final, screamed chorus for maximum catharsis., bubblegum pop, emo, female vocals
Bruises x stardom
pop, Dark bubblegum pop with female vocals, glossy synths over a grimy bassline. Verses stay tight and intimate with close-mic whispers, ticking percussion, and chorused guitars in the background. Choruses explode with gang shouts, wide pads, and saturated drums, hooky topline riding just ahead of the beat. Bridge strips to distorted bass and filtered vocal, then slams back into a final, screamed chorus for maximum catharsis., bubblegum pop, emo, female vocals
Lyrics
Verse 1
Pink gloss on a split lip
Mascara streaks down to the lace
You call me "star
" call me "sweet thing"
While you drag me back to your place
Candy on the nightstand
Contracts in your cigarette smoke
Pretty in the posters on your wall
But offstage I'm your favorite joke
Chorus
You sell my pain like sugar
Wrap my chains in cherry dust (oh oh)
Kiss me sick
Then blame my lust
I'm your broken little angel
Wings clipped just how you like
You paint my bruises bubblegum bright
And say it's love
Say it's love
Every night
Verse 2
You twist my halo sideways
Pose me for your crooked friends
Every touch a twisted promise
Every "baby" hiding an end
You count the cash on my backbone
Swipe my soul with your ring
I laugh on cue for the cameras
But my throat's caught up in your strings
Chorus]
You sell my pain like sugar
Wrap my chains in cherry dust (oh oh)
Kiss me sick
Then blame my lust
I'm your broken little angel
Wings clipped just how you like
You paint my bruises bubblegum bright
And say it's love
Say it's love
Every night
Bridge
[whispered vocals] You like me hollow
You like me hollow
Hollow
[low vocal register] But I remember
Who I was before your shadow
[crescendo] One crack in the candy coat
One scream in your velvet throat
I'm peeling off your fingerprints
Even if it cuts me to the bone
Chorus]
You sell my pain like sugar
Wrap my chains in cherry dust (oh oh)
Kiss me sick
Then blame my lust
I'm your broken little angel
Wings clipped just how you like
You paint my bruises bubblegum bright
And say it's love
Say it's love
Every night