[Verse 1]
I wish the screaming in my head would stop
I’m drowning in a glass that looks like me
Smiling like I’m fine
Till it pulls me underneath
I wish I could peel my own face off
Step out of this body like a dress
Hang it in a dark
Locked closet
Forget the way it pressed
[Chorus]
I don’t want this skin
Don’t want this name
I don’t want this mirror
Showing me the same
I wanna wake up
Somebody else
Till I can be me
In a mirror I can stand
(oh) I don’t want this skin
Don’t want this frame
Lift me like a choir
Drown out all the shame
I wanna wake up
Out of myself
Till I can be me
In a mirror I can stand
[Verse 2]
I paint a little light across my face
Try to turn these bruises into blush
Laughing with a jaw that’s barely mine
Staring till I come undone
Mother says I’m beautiful
I nod
Friends say
“you’re so lucky
Can’t you see?”
If they could feel this burning barcode
Stamped on everything I be
[Chorus]
I don’t want this skin
Don’t want this name
I don’t want this mirror
Showing me the same
I wanna wake up
Somebody else
Till I can be me
In a mirror I can stand
(oh) I don’t want this skin
Don’t want this frame
Lift me like a choir
Drown out all the shame
I wanna wake up
Out of myself
Till I can be me
In a mirror I can stand
[Bridge]
What if there’s a version
Sleepwalks out of this disguise
Soft shoulders
Softer breathing
My own reflection in her eyes
[Chorus]
I don’t want this skin
Don’t want this name
I don’t want this mirror
Showing me the same
I wanna wake up
Somebody else
Till I can be me
In a mirror I can stand
(oh) I don’t want this skin
Don’t want this frame
Lift me like a choir
Till I feel my name
I wanna wake up
Inside myself
Till I can be me
In a mirror I can stand