Lyric

I never wear black, but tonight I wear black

The maids pin the hem and I keep sending them back

My horns catch the candles, my curl won't lie flat

I heard "the first dance" through a wall, and that's that

He won't even notice, he never once has

So I'll stand a little closer than she ever was

I asked first, I asked first

Don't you look at me like that, I asked first

I stepped on her train and I smiled like a saint

First song, first step, first turn, that's mine

I was there before the music

I asked first, I asked first

Red to the floor and the gloves to the elbow

A little more padding, and nobody will know

Forty slow curtsies in front of the glass

She stomped past my door like she'd tear it in half

He won't even notice, he never once has

So I'll stand a little closer than she ever was

I asked first, I asked first

Don't you look at me like that, I asked first

I stepped on her train and I smiled like a saint

First song, first step, first turn, that's mine

I was there before the music

I asked first, I asked first

Chandeliers burning, the chairs pulled away

She smiles at me sweetly, I smile the same way

The little one's eating and rolling her eyes

Her brother's been under the table all night

Wait, she is shaking, and so am I

If he picks her I'll be gracious, that's a lie

Here he comes now, don't move and don't blink

A hand made of bone reaching out, closer than I think

I asked first, I asked first

Don't you look at me like that, I asked first

First song, first step, first…