Lyric

Hush, the mirror remembers my name

Hush, the invitation remembers yours

Wax-red seal

Sugar-white thorn

A little secret beyond the nursery door

I found a rabbit button under my bed

It beat like a stolen heart

Its smile was red, its thread was black

It promised we’d never part

My twin went through the looking glass

Before I learned to breathe

She wore our blue ribbon twice

And left one bow for me

I chased her footsteps through the jam

Through mercury and lace

The hallway grew a thousand mouths

Each wearing my face

Are you ahead of me?

Ahead of you

Are you afraid of me?

Afraid? Not true

I want the bite that made you shine

Then bring your little heart in line

If you have gone beyond the door

I’ll become what you became before

I want to be eaten

I want to be seen

I want the wolf’s ribbon

Tied under my chin

Make me your mirror

Make me your twin

If you are in the story

Let me be written in

Sweet little ruin

Darling, begin

Open the velvet

Let the red banquet in

Tick-tock, bite-bite, match me, match me

Left-right, white-white, catch me, catch me

Hop-hop, heart-stop, rabbit in the attic

Alice, Alice, make it automatic!

Ha-ha—too late!

Hee-hee—come closer!

The rabbit was raised for the wolf

Fed on bells and sugared threats

It learned to leap in little circles

Never asking what comes next

I envy every tooth-mark

Every bruise beneath your sleeve

You went first into the velvet dark

While I remained to grieve

Your plate was set beside the throne

Your name became a song

I chew the edge of your invitation

Wondering why I took so long

Tell me, did it hurt?

A little bit

Did you laugh out loud?

Just a little bit

Did the red king call you pretty?

He called me almost you

Almost is a poison

Almost is a chain

I follow every silver drop

I follow every stain

I want to be swallowed

I want to belong

I want to be wrong-shaped

Inside your perfect song

Make me your echo

Make me your twin

If you have found the ending

Let my beginning in

Sweet little ruin

Pull me within

Close every window

Let the fairytale spin

Ha-ha, hop-hop, look who’s late to dinner!

Hee-hee, tiptoe, little silver sinner!

Tick-tock, bite-bite, match me, match me

Left-right, white-white, catch me, catch me

Alice, Alice, no more one of two!

I am the Alice underneath

Folded behind the plate

I heard your shoes above the ceiling

Counting down your weight

The wolf arrived with velvet paws

And manners made of glass

He tasted every secret

Then let the question pass

I kept your ribbon in my mouth

Your photograph below

When you stepped through the looking glass

My lonely heart said hello

Do not fear my teeth

They guard the garden

Do not fear the dark

It keeps roses hardened

You came so far to match my skin

To share my little sin

Come closer, darling, take my hand

The beautiful end can now begin

I was the eaten

I waited below

I am the wanting

I followed your glow

I am the shelter

Behind every grin

I am the trespass

Let me come in

Sweet little ruin

Love with a pin

Two halves of a heart

Where the sharp teeth begin

Same face in the mirror

Same fate in the skin

If one of us is lost

The other pulls her in

Match me, match me, sugar sister

Bite me, bite me, velvet mister

Hop-hop, heart-stop, rabbits in a row

One more Alice, let us grow!

Tick-tock, kiss-kiss, never let me go

One more Alice, let us grow!

Spin faster, sister!

Spin until the glass shatters!

The cards seize my wrists

The dolls grip your dress

Their smiles are too wide

Their laughter says yes

If this is a nightmare

Then nightmares come true!

We let them hold us

We let them decide

We let every fairytale

Crawl inside

No more pretending

No more apart

Two little Alices

One doubled heart

Sweet little ruin

Sing while we spin

The wolf gets the doorway

The mirror lets us in

Tender as roses

Violent as sin

If you are beside me

I welcome the end

Bite-bite, bright-bright, mirror on the ceiling!

Hop-hop, stop-stop, tell me what you’re feeling!

Alice, Alice, two become a crowd

Cute little tragedy, say it very loud!

Match me, catch me

Same red ribbon

One more Alice

Let us grow!

One more Alice

Let us grow!

The wolf closes the book

The queen turns the key

The rabbits keep jumping

In a family tree

A happy little ending

With a beautiful bruise

If I am not you

I have nothing to lose