Sweet Enough to Bite

Verse 1

Flour on the table, sugar in the air,

Red ribbons tied up in my copper hair.

I learned to smile with a frosting line,

And keep my sharpest thoughts tucked behind.

They praise the icing, they praise the bows,

They never ask what the gingerbread knows.

Pre-Chorus

A little sweet, a little spice,

A pretty face can hide a price.

Chorus

I'm sweet enough to bite,

Made for the feast but not for your delight.

You can call me lovely, call me your prize;

I've got a whole storm tucked behind my eyes.

Take one step closer, see what you find:

A sugar-built woman with a steel-spun mind.

Verse 2

Peppermint buttons and a stitched-up hem,

I know the rules, I just don't follow them.

You want a doll who will sit on a shelf;

I'd rather crack the whole kitchen myself.

Bridge

No little oven will decide my end.

No sugar cage can make me bend.

I'll leave a trail of crumbs by the door,

Then take my name and ask for more.

Final Chorus

I'm sweet enough to bite,

Made for the feast but not for your delight.

You can call me lovely, call me your prize;

I've got a whole storm tucked behind my eyes.

I'm not your dessert, your wish, your design;

This gingerbread heart is entirely mine.