Patient Zero

Verse 1

Gold fringe swinging off my shoulders

Crowd is screaming out my name

Sequins catching all the light beams

I don't even feel the flame

Makeup melting on the mirror

Every night a different crime

I burned my heart out on the runway

Now I'm counting down the time

Pre-Chorus

But you saw past the glitter

You saw the girl who's always waiting

Half undressed and half believing

That somebody might stay

Chorus

I'm patient zero

First to get the fever

First to break the fever

When you love a showgirl

You're patient zero

Catching what I'm giving

Half the life I'm living

Is a stage with no curtains

Verse 2

Late night taxi through the city

Talking 'bout our faded plans

You said forever feels like dresses

Hanging in a secondhand store

I took off all my rhinestones

Handed you my heart in pieces

You held it like a borrowed mirror

Like something you'd return by morning

Pre-Chorus

But I saw past the quiet

I saw a boy who's always leaving

Halfway here and halfway somewhere

That he could never name

Chorus

I'm patient zero

First to get the fever

First to break the fever

When you love a showgirl

You're patient zero

Catching what I'm giving

Half the life I'm living

Is a stage with no curtains

Bridge

Spotlight hits a girl who's dancing

Like she's dancing for the last time

Curtain call can't feel like freedom

When you're only seen in half light

Maybe I'm the one who's sick then

Spreading something that won't heal

But you took the ticket darling

Now you know the way it feels

Chorus

I'm patient zero

First to get the fever

First to break the fever

When you love a showgirl

You're patient zero

Catching what I'm giving

Half the life I'm living

Is a stage with no curtains