[Verse 1]
Pulled tight like old denim
Knuckles white on my own name
Every answer feels rehearsed
Every story sounds the same
If I drop this tired armor
Let it rust in the back of my mind
Am I anything but habit
Or a rumor I designed?
[Chorus]
Who am I
When I’m not what I defend?
If I loosen up my grip
Do I vanish
Do I mend?
Let the old air scatter
Through the cracks in my chest
If every word’s a mountain
Does the silence know me best?
[Verse 2]
I’ve been dancing in a corner
To a song nobody hears
Spinnin' circles ‘round the label
I’ve been stitching through the years
If I slip out of this costume
Leave it crumpled on the floor
Will I blur into the background
Or come crashin’ through the door?
[Chorus]
Who am I
When I’m not what I defend?
If I loosen up my grip
Do I vanish
Do I mend?
Let the old air scatter
Through the cracks in my chest
If every word’s a mountain
Does the silence know me best?
[Bridge]
Maybe I’m the space between
The question and the breath
The sway inside the stillness
The life outlasting death (oh)
If I lose what I’ve been holdin’
And step past what I’ve been
Maybe I don’t disappear
Maybe that’s where I begin
[Chorus]
Who am I
When I’m not what I defend?
If I loosen up my grip
Do I vanish
Do I mend?
Let the old air scatter
Through the cracks in my chest
If every word’s a mountain
Let the silence
Say the rest