[Intro — whisper / distant]
I thought I was safe…
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[Verse 1]
I grew inside a bottle,
small but wide enough…
It felt like gentle shelter,
like silence was my love.
No one could come near me,
no one dared to try…
Nothing touched my skin,
nothing reached inside.
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[Pre-Chorus]
I built it with intention,
I called it my own…
A place where I could hide
everything unknown.
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[Chorus]
Glass sanctuary…
holding all of me…
What once felt like safety
became what I couldn’t leave.
Soft walls around me,
quiet as can be…
I didn’t feel trapped —
it felt like peace to me.
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[Verse 2]
But still they found a way in —
with flowers or with force…
With words that felt like danger,
with love that felt like a course.
Stones and shining promises,
fear dressed up in gold…
I tried to step outside it,
but I always turned back home.
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[Pre-Chorus 2]
I crawled my way out slowly,
then I crawled back in…
Calling it protection,
calling it my skin.
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[Chorus]
Glass sanctuary…
cracking quietly…
Every time I left it
it came back with me.
Safe inside the silence,
but losing what I see…
I didn’t feel trapped —
until I couldn’t breathe.
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[Bridge — stripped / emotional]
Trapped…
Bruised…
Tired…
Every scar a memory,
every crack a sign…
I was getting bigger…
but the space stayed the same size.
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[Final Chorus — lift, fragile strength]
Glass sanctuary…
breaking open now…
What once held me together
can’t contain me somehow.
I’m more than this silence,
more than what I hide…
I grew too much
to stay inside.
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[Outro — soft, childlike echo]
A grown woman…
still crying inside…
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