

Prompt / Lyrics
There’s a mirror that speaks to me softly says things I don’t know if they’re true every day I make myself smaller just to feel a little more whole I’m hungry for control, not for food I’m scared even of the air that I breathe I count my steps, not the weeks and I get lost while trying to disappear Everyone says “you’re strong, you’ll be fine” but they don’t hear the sound it makes this silent war inside of me It’s not beauty, it’s not freedom it’s a cage that knows my name it’s a voice that breaks you slowly and convinces you that pain is normal But I’m not just a number, no I’m not the emptiness I wear there’s a light even if I can’t see it now even if I shake, even if I’m scared They tell me “just eat”, like it’s easy like my heart doesn’t panic inside every bite is a fragile promise between wanting to live and wanting to fade I smile hard so I don’t show the weight of what’s quietly tearing me down I’m good at looking okay but inside I fall apart every day And I feel guilty when I feel better like healing would be a betrayal to this part of me that screams It’s not beauty, it’s not freedom it’s a cage that knows my name it’s a voice that breaks you slowly and convinces you that pain is normal But I’m not just a number, no I’m not the emptiness I wear there’s a light even if I can’t see it now even if I shake, even if I’m scared If I could talk to my younger self I’d say: “You don’t have to disappear you don’t have to become smaller to deserve to exist” The body is not the enemy it’s a home that feels cold and is just asking to be heard One day I asked for help quietly with a voice that almost wouldn’t come out and someone held my hand without asking me to be different It’s one step forward, two steps back but every step is still resistance falling is not weakness staying is courage It’s not beauty, it’s not freedom now I know it, I can say it out loud I won’t be half a prisoner anymore of a life lived without light I’m not just a number, no I’m heartbeat, breath, possibility and even if the road is scary I choose to stay If you see yourself in this song know that you’re not alone, ever even the darkness has an end and you deserve to live, not just survive.
Tags
male, live, metal
4:14
No
1/31/2026