[Verse 1]
Ink on my tongue
Every word tastes rust
I stitched my mouth shut
Called it “earn their trust”
Shadows in my chest
Numbered
Tagged
In rows
Locked in little cages
Where the shame still grows
[Pre-Chorus]
But the floorboards creak
Like they learned my name
Every buried thing
Scratching through the grain
[Chorus]
You’re ripping out my secrets
Tearing pages from my throat
Every line I hid is bleeding
Down my collar
Down my coat
I choke on every promise
As the truth begins to float
You’re ripping out my secrets
Ripping
Ripping from my throat
[Verse 2]
I swallowed my screams
Turned them into stone
Built a crooked altar
Called that silence “home”
But the cracks run deep
And the walls lean in
Hear the verses leaking
From the seams of my skin
[Pre-Chorus]
Every bitten lip
Every bitten word
Now it’s all on fire
Every silence heard
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[guttural low vocal register]
Drag my diary through the glass
Let it drip
Let it drip in your lap
Every letter that I tried to choke back
Claws its way up
Claws its way up
[rising scream]
Tie my tongue in a funeral knot
Still these confessions bloom and rot
Rip me open
Read me out loud
I’m the secret screaming in the crowd
[Chorus]