[Verse 1]
Glitter on the carpet
Mascara on my hand
Last bouquet is dying
In a plastic vase stand
They loved the broken story
They stood and screamed my name
Now I’m folding up the costume
Trying not to feel the same
[Pre-Chorus]
I hit every line they gave me
Every mark beneath the glow
But the quiet in my dressing room
Knows everything I know
[Chorus]
It’s just me and the mirror at curtain call
Tracing every little crack in the bathroom stall (yeah)
I can fake the ending for a sold-out row
But I still fall apart in the backstage afterglow
In the backstage afterglow
Where the makeup doesn’t know
If I’m crying for the character
Or letting my own heart show
[Verse 2]
Half a slice of pizza
Cold beside my script
Text from you: “I’m proud”
Feels like someone else’s lips
We wrote our names in sharpie
On the wall behind the props
Now your letters fade to shadows
Every time the thunder drops
[Pre-Chorus]
They believe the way I lose you
Under gold and hanging dust
But the hardest part of acting
Is pretending that was us
[Chorus]
It’s just me and the mirror at curtain call
Tracing every little crack in the bathroom stall (oh)
I can fake the ending for a sold-out row
But I still fall apart in the backstage afterglow
In the backstage afterglow
Where the makeup starts to flow
And the silence in the hallway
Says it’s time to let you go
[Bridge]
I say “I’m fine” to the stagehand (I’m fine)
Laugh through the lump in my throat
Sign my name on the window
Like a fragile little note
If loving you was the monologue
I bled in every scene
Why do I feel most honest
When the lights wash off of me?
[Chorus]
It’s just me and the mirror at curtain call
Tracing every little crack in the bathroom stall
I can fake the ending for a sold-out row
But I still fall apart in the backstage afterglow
In the backstage afterglow
Where the truth comes out too slow
I bow for their ovation
Then break where you can’t go
[Outro]
Glitter on the carpet
Program in my coat
I whisper you a love song
In a dark
Unfinished note