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.