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L’Oreal lyrics
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Intro
Eight-oh-seven in the elevator glass One pearl pin where the old day cracked Silk on her wrist, rain on the black car The room gets still when she knows who she is
Verse 1
Lobby light, soft gold on her cheek Last night’s invoice folded in her lipstick sleeve She turns the silence like a key in a suite Every camera learns to breathe when she speaks
Pre-chorus
No borrowed crown, no begging the frame She lifts her chin; the whole floor says her name One breath, one flash, then the downbeat waits
Chorus
L’Oreal, I wear the room like light L’Oreal, silk in the storm tonight I don’t ask the mirror permission I let it witness, let it witness L’Oreal, gold on my voice all night L’Oreal, I choose the shine I like
Verse 2
Marble sink, tiny gold cap on a towel She wipes yesterday from the corner of her mouth A text says, “soften up,” from a number erased She leaves one red print and no apology traced
Verse 3
305 rain on the black car roof 954 receipt with a note folded loose Port lights blink in the glass of her phone She signs the night with a name of her own
Pre-chorus
No borrowed crown, no begging the frame She lifts her chin; the whole floor says her name One breath, one flash, then the downbeat waits
Chorus
L’Oreal, I wear the room like light L’Oreal, silk in the storm tonight I don’t ask the mirror permission I let it witness, let it witness L’Oreal, gold on my voice all night L’Oreal, I choose the shine I like
Bridge
Not porcelain, not paper, not a prize behind glass She is the hand, the shade, the flash Soft does not mean she moves small Velvet can hold up a wall
Verse 4
Backstage hallway, fluorescent hush Hairpin held between teeth, brush in a rush She hears the crowd through a velvet door Counts three heartbeats, then owns the floor
Pre-chorus
No borrowed crown, no begging the frame She lifts her chin; the whole floor says her name One breath, one flash, then the downbeat waits
Chorus
L’Oreal, I wear the room like light L’Oreal, silk in the storm tonight I don’t ask the mirror permission I let it witness, let it witness L’Oreal, gold on my voice all night L’Oreal, I choose the shine I like
Verse 5
Afterlight, heels by the bed Gold compact closing on what went unsaid No borrowed language on the bathroom tile She leaves her signature inside her smile
Pre-chorus
No borrowed crown, no begging the frame She lifts her chin; the whole floor says her name One breath, one flash, then the downbeat waits
Chorus
L’Oreal, I wear the room like light L’Oreal, silk in the storm tonight I don’t ask the mirror permission I let it witness, let it witness L’Oreal, gold on my voice all night L’Oreal, I choose the shine I like
Outro
I don’t ask the mirror permission I let it witness L’Oreal
Inside the recording
Eight-oh-seven in the elevator glass One pearl pin where the old day cracked
No borrowed crown, no begging the frame She lifts her chin; the whole floor says her name
I don’t ask the mirror permission I let it witness
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