THE GRIOTRECORD 08 / 16
TRACK 08 · THE RECORD
PEACHES IN THEMEDICINE CABINET
Sugar in the glass. Honey in the trap.
THE MIRROR / THE SECOND LOOK
You said this house was safe.
No. She said it looked safe.
THE ILLUSTRATED STORY / 08
The sweetness and the evidence.
THE PROFILE
Half asleep in photographs, smiling like consent.
THE CABINET
Love on the label. Ownership beneath.
THE ARCHIVE
Should've read the profile, but the profile read me first.
THE RECORD / WORDS
Lyrics.
The words are here when you want them.
READ THE LYRICS
Smile for the picture
Sing for the plate
Everything looks prettier
Outside the gate
Especially with a filter
Her profile had sunlight
Books by the bed
Healer, old soul
Flowers instead
Cross on her necklace
Honey in her tone
Looked like a safe place
Felt like a home
First glass sweet
Second one sweeter
Woke up sick
Somehow I need her
Romantic
Or pharmaceutical
Two little peaches
By the bathroom glass
Every time I swallowed
The doorway moved back
No rope
No bars
No villain in black
Just breakfast downstairs
And my phone in her bag
That's how the breadcrumb works
You don't follow the bread
You follow the person
She planted in your head
Peaches in the medicine cabinet
Sugar in the glass, honey in the trap
Pretty little profile said"Come as you are"
Funny how"welcome" turns into"come back"
Sweet, sweet
Everything sweet
Candy-house love
With a lock underneath
Peaches in the medicine cabinet
Love on the label
Ownership beneath
Justice in her bio
Causes in the frame
Everybody knew
The respectable name
Soft-focus saint
Perfect little captions
Public compassion
Private jurisdiction
Reputation
Excellent security
Plant flowers by the fence
Nobody checks the height
Do enough good in daylight
Darkness looks less right
Profile said sanctuary
Fine print said dependency
Love got borders
Aid got an embassy
Fed me from my garden
Charged me for the crop
Called my leaving betrayal
When I finally found the lock
Domestic foreign policy
Bombs for democracy
Should've read the profile
But the profile read me first
Should've checked the candy
But hunger did the work
Should've feared the kindness
That needed eyes to see
The safest-looking hands
Had fingerprints on me
Peaches in the medicine cabinet
Sugar in the glass, honey in the trap
Pretty little profile said"Come as you are"
Funny how"welcome" turns into"come back"
Sweet, sweet
Everything sweet
Candy-house love
With a lock underneath
Peaches in the medicine cabinet
Love on the label
Ownership beneath
Then I found the archive
Screenshots
Receipts
Different little versions
Of me
Every weakness dated
Every favor saved
Every night I couldn't place
Already neatly framed
Convenient
Look what I did for you
I looked
Half asleep in photographs
Smiling like a witness
If the victim looks grateful
Cage gets complicated
If the captor looks righteous
Truth gets cross-examined
Call the cops
She smiled
They know me
Church knew her
Neighbors loved her
Internet blessed her
I had scars
And a story
Guess who photographs better?
You said this house was safe
No
She said
It looked safe
Important distinction
Gingerbread walls
Dating-app glow
Candy in the window
Nowhere to go
Swipe right
Step inside
Warm little oven
Lock on the side
Little pill
Little kiss
Little lie
Little chain
New profile
Old game
New flag
Same claim
New savior
Same transaction
Better
New filter
Old face
Peaches in the medicine cabinet
Sugar in the glass, poison in the match
Saint in the selfie
Witch in the kitchen
Everybody loves her
Till the breadcrumbs lead back
Sweet, sweet
Everything sweet
Till the candy sticks
Your teeth to the leash
Peaches in the medicine cabinet
Love on the label
Ownership beneath
God is good
God is good
Perhaps
But evil learned branding
A long time ago
New match
Careful
Record details
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