[Intro — quiet guitar + distant reverb]
Mm…
Oh…
[Verse 1]
You love the girl with the pretty smile…
[pause]
The one who makes it look worthwhile…
But she disappears when the night comes in…
[pause — guitar echo]
Leaves me alone with what’s underneath…
[Verse 1 — build]
You know my face…
[pause]
Not my mind…
You hold my body…
But never what I hide…
[Pre-Chorus — drums slowly enter]
I learned how to smile…
Before I learned how to heal…
[pause]
Now every “I’m okay”
Sounds almost real…
[Chorus — heavy guitars hit]
I got two sides…
[two beat pause]
Two voices in my mind…
One says “let them close”…
One says “run and hide”…
[pause — instrumental ring out]
Nobody knows…
Nobody sees…
The darkest parts of me…
[Instrumental break — distorted guitar + breathing]
[Verse 2 — quieter again]
Sometimes I stare into the mirror…
[pause]
Like I’m looking at a stranger…
One half wants to be loved…
The other wants danger…
[pause — bass only]
I keep my secrets in my teeth…
So they don’t fall out when I speak…
[Bridge — almost whispered]
If I showed you everything…
[pause]
Would you stay?
[pause — long instrumental swell]
Or would you love me less…
The second I became real?
[Final Chorus — biggest vocal]
I got two sides…
Burning me alive…
One wants love…
One still wants to hide…
[pause — drums stop suddenly]
And nobody knows…
What’s underneath…
[pause — soft guitar only]
The girl…
They think is me…
[Outro — fading instrumental]
You know my face…
[pause]
Not my mind…