The Script I Wore: Act I

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Prompt / Lyrics
[Intro – soft, controlled, almost whispered]
Watch closely…
I got it right this time

[Verse 1 – delicate, precise]
I memorized your favorite lines
Rehearsed them ’til they sounded mine
Every gesture, every smile
Timed it just right

I studied how you wanted me
Cut out the parts you wouldn’t keep
Wore it like a second skin
So you’d stay

[Pre-Chorus – tension building]
If I slip, if I break—
Would you turn away?

[Chorus – strong, clean power]
You love my second skin
Not the one that’s really me
I bent until I broke
Just to feel you close

This isn’t me, this isn’t me
But you don’t see, you don’t see
You love my second skin
Not the one that’s really me

[Verse 2 – slightly fractured, subtle instability]
Cue the laugh, cue the sigh
Say the line, don’t ask why
If I forget who I am
Was it part of the plan?

I hear a voice behind my own
Saying things I’ve never known
Every truth I try to speak
Sounds rehearsed

[Pre-Chorus – more urgent]
If I stop, if I change—
Do I lose my place?

[Chorus – bigger, layered vocals]
You love my second skin
Not the one that’s really me
I bent until I broke
Just to feel you close

This isn’t me, this isn’t me
(this isn’t me)
But you don’t see, you don’t see
You love my second skin
Not the one that’s really me

[Bridge – stripped, then controlled chaos]

I don’t know my voice anymore…
(don’t mess it up, don’t mess it up)

Was I ever real to you?

[brief rise]

Or just something you could...

[Break – sharp, single scream]
USE?!

[Post-Bridge – fractured, theatrical]
Take it off—
(no, keep it on)
Rip it off—
(don’t ruin it)
Don’t ruin it… don’t ruin it…

[Final Chorus – emotional, reclaiming]
You love my second skin
So I’m tearing it off again
If I’m nothing in your eyes
I’d rather lose you than myself tonight

This isn’t me, this isn’t me
But now I see, now I see
You love my second skin
But you don’t love me

[Outro – soft, broken callback]
…did I get it right this time?