Glass teeth

Verse 1
We were leaning on the counter
Cheap wine in a plastic cup
You were talking like a prophet
But you never say enough

Everybody’s getting louder
Like they’re trying to be seen
I just watch it in the corner
Like a film I didn’t mean

Pre-Chorus
And you laugh like you don’t care
But I see you checking who’s there

Chorus
We’re all biting with glass teeth
Smiling like it’s so sweet
Saying things we don’t mean
Just to feel something

And I’m dancing on the concrete
Heart skipping on the off-beat
You and me in between
What we are and what we seem

Verse 2
You said, “Isn’t this exciting?”
But your eyes were somewhere else
Like you’re always on the outside
Even when you’re with yourself

There’s a girl across the room
Crying in her glitter dress
No one notices her shaking
They just call it being a mess

Pre-Chorus
And I wonder if she knows
We all feel it, we just don’t show

Chorus
We’re all biting with glass teeth
Smiling like it’s so sweet
Saying things we don’t mean
Just to feel something

And I’m dancing on the concrete
Heart skipping on the off-beat
You and me in between
What we are and what we seem

Bridge (spoken/soft, building)
I don’t wanna be like this
Performing every little thing
Like if I stop moving
I’ll disappear

You take my hand for a second
Then let it fall like it’s nothing
And somehow that says everything

Final Chorus (slightly bigger, still restrained)
We’re still biting with glass teeth
Trying hard not to bleed
Calling it a good night
Calling it a good life

And I’m laughing like it’s easy
But it’s all a little hazy
You and me in between
What we were and what we’ll be

Outro (minimal, echoing)
We don’t say what we mean
We just say what we’ve seen

Minimalist alt-pop with sparse beats, layered vocals, and subtle electronic textures