I Feel So Pretty When it Hurts

Touch me like a wound
Love me like a curse
I feel so pretty when it hurts
You kiss me with your venom

Like you're trying to carve your name
And I let you drag me under
Just to feel you in my veins
Every stab feels romantic

Under low light and desire
You could burn me to the bone
And I'd still crawl back to the fire
I know your hands were made to ruin

And mine were made to beg
You pull me close enough to breathe
Then put your boot back on my neck
I feel so pretty when it hurts

When I'm bleeding just to prove what I'm worth
You pull me under make it feel like heaven first
Then leave me drowning in the dirt
And I hate that I need it

Crave the knife every time you twist
You ruin me in perfect ways
And I still ache for your lips
Yeah I know you're poison

But I drink you like it's church
I feel so pretty
I feel so pretty when it hurts
You say my name like worship

Then tear me down like sin
Make me feel like I'm your favorite
While you hollow out my skin
I memorize your damage

Like a prayer I can't unlearn
And every time you break me
It just makes me worse in return
You hold me like a promise

Then disappear like smoke
And every time I swear I'm done
You pull me back in by the throat
I feel so pretty when it hurts

When I'm bleeding just to prove what I'm worth
You pull me under make it feel like heaven first
Then leave me drowning in the dirt
And I hate that I need it

Crave the knife every time you twist
You ruin me in perfect ways
And I still ache for your lips
Yeah I know you're poison

But I drink you like it's church
I feel so pretty
I feel so pretty when it hurts
Maybe I was born to rot

Inside the arms that bruise me soft
Maybe love was never holy
Just a prettier kind of loss
Maybe if I break completely

You'll finally want what's left of me
So carve your name into my ribs
And call it intimacy
Bite down

Tell me that you love me
Spit blood
Make it feel so lovely
Tear me open

Tell me I'm yours
If this is love
Why do I want more
Hurt me slow

Hurt me sweet
Put your halo
At my feet
I know you're hell

But I still kneel
Cause pain with you
Feels more than real
I feel so pretty when it hurts

When I'm bleeding just to prove what I'm worth
You pull me under make it feel like heaven first
Then leave me buried in the dirt
And I hate that I need it

Crave the knife every time you twist
You ruin me in perfect ways
And I still ache for your lips
Yeah I know you're poison

But I drink you like it's church
I feel so pretty
I feel so pretty when it hurts
Touch me like a wound

Love me like a curse
I'm never more beautiful
Than when it hurts