Caged in my own skin

(Verse 1)

I’m screaming quietly behind my smile,

Walking miles in a body that feels hostile.

Every room is crowded, but I fade,

Like a shadow no one sees, I just decay.

(Pre-Chorus)

I built these walls so I wouldn’t break,

But now they’re chains I can’t escape.

(Chorus)

I’m trapped in my own skin,

Locked out of where I’ve been.

I feel nothing, but the ache won’t end,

Numbness is my only friend.

Can’t breathe, can’t heal, can’t turn back time,

So I hide the hurt and say I’m fine.

(Verse 2)

These empty eyes don’t tell the truth,

Buried pain disguised as proof.

I keep the silence like a vow,

But it’s crushing me from the inside out.

(Pre-Chorus)

Every heartbeat feels like a lie,

I’m alive but I’m not alive.

(Chorus)

I’m trapped in my own skin,

Locked out of where I’ve been.

I feel nothing, but the ache won’t end,

Numbness is my only friend.

Can’t breathe, can’t heal, can’t turn back time,

So I hide the hurt and say I’m fine.

(Bridge)

Does anybody hear me in this quiet hell?

Or am I just a ghost of someone else?

I don’t want to stay, I don’t want to fall,

But these walls I built are ten feet tall.

(Final Chorus)

I’m trapped in my own skin,

A prisoner of what’s within.

I’m screaming out, but the sound won’t bend,

Numbness is my only friend.

I’m breaking, shaking, but I still pretend,

That maybe someday I’ll feel again.

(Outro)

I wear the mask, I play the part,

But no one sees the bleeding heart.

I’m caged, I’m numb, I’m hurt, I’m lost…

And no one knows the cost.