Shadow That Wasn't There

[Verse 1]
I threw my fists at nothing
Swinging at the air
Got bruises on my knuckles
From a shadow that wasn’t there
I built a mirror in my head
Where I’m never good enough
Every crack shows my reflection
Still I call my own bluff
[Chorus]
Perfection’s just a rumor
A picture in my mind
I tear it up
I burn the frame
And leave the lie behind
We stumble
Yeah we fracture
We miss
We bend
We break
We’re human and we’re breathing
That’s the beauty of mistake
(don’t quit, that’s a win)
[Verse 2]
You chase that shining statue
Polished smooth and cold
But it never says
“I love you”
It just wants control
I’d rather be chipped and crooked
Scars across my grin
Every scratch a little story
Every failure still a win
[Chorus]
Perfection’s just a rumor
A picture in my mind
I tear it up
I burn the frame
And leave the lie behind
We stumble
Yeah we fracture
We miss
We bend
We break
We’re human and we’re breathing
That’s the beauty of mistake
(oh, that’s the beauty)
[Bridge]
Yeah
I fought with a ghost
Til I fell to my knees
Now I’m laughing in the ashes
Of who I “had to” be
If the best I’ve got
Is this battered
Beating skin
Then I’m already special
Every breath another win
[Chorus]
Perfection’s just a rumor
A picture in my mind
I tear it up
I burn the frame
And leave the lie behind
We stumble
Yeah we fracture
We miss
We bend
We break
We’re human and we’re breathing
That’s the beauty of mistake
We’re human and we’re breathing
(don’t quit, that’s a win)

rock, Alt-blues rock with hard rock lift; male vocals, smoky verse guitars with roomy drums and a chewy bass line. Choruses hit with fuzzed power chords, octave leads, and gang shouts on the hook. Bridge drops to a half-time, almost grunge stomp before a final, shouted chorus and a feedback fade., blues, hard rock