[Verse 1]
I keep my sadness
Folded in the top drawer
Like an old band shirt
Ripped
But I still reach for it
I trace the same bruise
Every time I wake up
I know it hurts me
Still I drink it from the same cup
[Chorus]
I don’t know who I am
Without the ache
Without the sting
Comfort in the wound
I’m terrified of healing
If I let it go
Will there be anything left of me?
I’m clinging to the pain
Like it’s all I’ll ever be
[Verse 2]
You say “just move on”
Like it’s throwing out receipts
But this grief’s my language
Every word lives in the deep
I wear it like perfume
Familiar
Heavy
Wrong
If I wash it off
Do I disappear
Or just feel gone?
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
I keep poking at the scar
Just to see if I still feel
If it ever stops burning
Does that make me less real?
[whispered vocals]
I’m scared of the silence
Scared of the calm
Who am I
Without something to haunt?
[Chorus]