Chrome Lipstick & Leather Dreams
M
Madisyn Epperson
female vocals
metal
Raw 1981 glam-metal demo vibe
muffled tape saturation and gentle pitch warble
drums slightly boxy and pushed back
crunchy double-tracked guitars panned wide
throaty bass up the middle. High
raspy female vocals riding the edge of breakup
stacked call-and-response gang shouts on the hook. Occasional squealy lead fills between lines
short reverb tails smeared like a worn cassette. Energy: mid-tempo strut in the verses
big fist-pump lift on the chorus.
Created Feb 20, 2026
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Mascara running in a motel mirror
Silver studs and a ripped red tee
Last night’s stamp still on my wrist
I taste cheap cola and gasoline
You said
“Kid
This town eats dreamers”
I just laughed and I teased my hair
Click the lighter
Sing to the ceiling
Like there’s fifty thousand out there
[Chorus]
Chrome lipstick & leather dreams
I’m burning my name in the in-between (hey!)
High heels on a backstage floor
I was dead last night
Now I’m wanting more
Chrome lipstick & leather dreams
I’m losing my voice just to hear you scream
If I crash tonight through your TV screen
I’ll bleed
I’ll bleed for those leather dreams
[Verse 2]
Borrowed jacket
Missing a zipper
Your old patches hanging by a thread
You draw stars on the back of my hand
Say
“One day
That’s where you’ll stand”
Tape hiss drowning out the curfew sirens
We rewind
Then we hit it again
Sing it sharp
Sing it wrong
Sing it louder
Till the neighbors learn my name
[Chorus]
Chrome lipstick & leather dreams
I’m burning my name in the in-between (oh yeah)
High heels on a backstage floor
I was dead last night
Now I’m wanting more
Chrome lipstick & leather dreams
I’m losing my voice just to hear you scream
If I crash tonight through your TV screen
I’ll bleed
I’ll bleed for those leather dreams
[Bridge]
Will you still love me when the posters fade
When my face peels off your wall
When the tape unwinds like a silver snake
And you can’t hear me at all (at all, at all)
[Chorus]
Chrome lipstick & leather dreams
I’m burning my name in the in-between
High heels on a backstage floor
I was dead last night
Now I’m wanting more
Chrome lipstick & leather dreams
I’m losing my voice just to hear you scream (yeah!)
If I crash tonight through your TV screen
Remember me
In leather dreams
Mascara running in a motel mirror
Silver studs and a ripped red tee
Last night’s stamp still on my wrist
I taste cheap cola and gasoline
You said
“Kid
This town eats dreamers”
I just laughed and I teased my hair
Click the lighter
Sing to the ceiling
Like there’s fifty thousand out there
[Chorus]
Chrome lipstick & leather dreams
I’m burning my name in the in-between (hey!)
High heels on a backstage floor
I was dead last night
Now I’m wanting more
Chrome lipstick & leather dreams
I’m losing my voice just to hear you scream
If I crash tonight through your TV screen
I’ll bleed
I’ll bleed for those leather dreams
[Verse 2]
Borrowed jacket
Missing a zipper
Your old patches hanging by a thread
You draw stars on the back of my hand
Say
“One day
That’s where you’ll stand”
Tape hiss drowning out the curfew sirens
We rewind
Then we hit it again
Sing it sharp
Sing it wrong
Sing it louder
Till the neighbors learn my name
[Chorus]
Chrome lipstick & leather dreams
I’m burning my name in the in-between (oh yeah)
High heels on a backstage floor
I was dead last night
Now I’m wanting more
Chrome lipstick & leather dreams
I’m losing my voice just to hear you scream
If I crash tonight through your TV screen
I’ll bleed
I’ll bleed for those leather dreams
[Bridge]
Will you still love me when the posters fade
When my face peels off your wall
When the tape unwinds like a silver snake
And you can’t hear me at all (at all, at all)
[Chorus]
Chrome lipstick & leather dreams
I’m burning my name in the in-between
High heels on a backstage floor
I was dead last night
Now I’m wanting more
Chrome lipstick & leather dreams
I’m losing my voice just to hear you scream (yeah!)
If I crash tonight through your TV screen
Remember me
In leather dreams