Verse 1
Everybody said,
"You're getting better now."
Guess I got too good
At convincing everyone.
I covered every crack,
Painted on a smile,
Thinking if it looked healed...
Maybe it would after awhile.
I wore survival
Like a second skin,
Never knowing
Healing couldn't get in.
Pre-Chorus
I thought protecting the wound
Would protect my heart...
I never knew
They were tearing me apart.
Chorus
The Band-Aid hid the gold.
Not the wound...
Not the scars...
The Band-Aid hid the gold.
I spent years
Covering the hurt,
Never seeing
What I was worth.
Every crack
Was letting hope unfold...
The Band-Aid...
Hid the gold.
Verse 2
Every stitch
Held yesterday together.
Every lace
Said, "Just hold on a little longer."
Every zipper
Locked another memory away.
Safe from the world...
But not the pain.
Funny how
The things we think will save us...
Sometimes become
The things that keep us breaking.
Pre-Chorus
You can't heal
What never sees the light.
Sometimes the hardest step
Is letting yourself cry.
Chorus
The Band-Aid hid the gold.
Not the tears...
Not the past...
The Band-Aid hid the gold.
Every piece
I tried to hide
Was becoming
Something stronger inside.
The light was there
Waiting to unfold...
The Band-Aid...
Hid the gold.
Bridge (Everything strips away.)
Take it off...
The fear.
Take it off...
The shame.
Take it off...
The lies...
You don't have to wear them anymore.
(Almost whispered.)
I thought
I'd find
Nothing...
When I opened my heart.
Instead...
I found...
Gold.
Final Chorus (Big lift.)
The Band-Aid hid the gold.
Now the light
Can finally show.
Every scar
Has a story.
Every tear
Helped me grow.
I wasn't broken...
I was becoming.
The wound
Was never my ending.
It was the place...
Where the gold
Began to show.
Outro (Only piano.)
If your heart
Feels beyond repair...
Maybe...
The gold...
Is already there.
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