[Verse 1 - Gentle electric piano, emotional delivery]
Smile like I’m fine, nod like I’m strong
But I’ve been carrying this too long
Every word feels like a lie
Even when I try to cry
I keep my hands from shaking in the light
But I’m unraveling at night
[Pre-chorus - light toms/snare, slowly build-up ]
And you ask me how I’ve been
But I don’t know where to begin
I fake a smile, I play my part
While hiding bruises in my heart
You see the calm, but not the storm
The quiet mask I've always worn
[Chorus - Emotional peak, full drums, energetic]
No one knows what it feels like
To be screaming in a room full of light
No one sees what I bury so deep
The part of me that never sleeps
I wear this skin like armor shows
But inside... no one knows
[Verse 2 - slightly slower tempo]
I hold it in, I learned it young
Don’t show the cracks, don’t come undone
But the silence is a loaded gun
Counting beats, just trying to run
I laugh so loud you’d never guess
I’m breaking just beneath my chest
[Pre-chorus - light toms/snare, slowly build-up]
And every time I say “I’m fine”
It’s another mask I hide behind
I speak in jokes to dodge the truth
Been carrying pain since my youth
You call me brave, I nod and lie
But something's breaking deep inside
[Chorus - Emotional peak, full drums, energetic]
No one knows what it feels like
To be screaming in a room full of light
No one sees what I bury so deep
The part of me that never sleeps
I wear this skin like armor shows
But inside... no one knows
[Bridge - Stripped back, drums fade, focus on ambient pads, vulnerable tone]
You say I’m strong, you say I shine
But I’ve been fading all this time
I wish I could let you in
But I don’t know where I end or begin
[Chorus - repeat 2x]
No one knows what it feels like
To be screaming in a room full of light
No one sees what I bury so deep
The part of me that never sleeps
I wear this skin like armor shows
But inside... no one knows
