I Know That Look

[Verse 1] Comes in clean with a weatherproof grin Shoes don’t squeak, hands don’t shake Says all the right words in the softest shape Like the room should thank it for showing up A little too warm, a little too quick Eyes doing math while the mouth plays nice I’ve seen that glow on a borrowed face That polished hunger dressed up as light [Pre-Chorus] You can call it charm You can call it fate I can feel the drag Under all that grace [Chorus] I know that look That polished smile, that borrowed charm I know that look The soft way trouble hides its hands I know that look And it don’t pull me close like it once did I know that look I’ve seen the wire under the skin [Verse 2] It leans in low like it’s telling the truth Drops your name like a key on the table Makes a little theater out of being seen While it checks the locks and counts the exits I used to mistake that heat for depth Thought being chosen meant being known Now I can hear the false floor creak Before I put my full weight down [Pre-Chorus] You can bless the mask You can praise the shine I’ve seen what it wants When it thinks it has time [Chorus] I know that look That polished smile, that borrowed charm I know that look The soft way trouble hides its hands I know that look And it don’t pull me close like it once did I know that look I’ve seen the wire under the skin [Bridge] Not every snake rattles Not every blade comes bare Some wear kindness like cologne Some speak fluent care But I’ve lived long enough To trust the flicker in the gut And when the air goes thin like that I don’t hang around to study it [Final Chorus] I know that look The one that says “trust me” while it counts the knives I know that look The kind that feeds on borrowed light I know that look And it don’t get in here like it once did I know that look I know exactly where it ends [Outro] Yeah I know that look And I don’t follow it anymore