[Intro]
There’s a ghost in the mirror wearing my face
Counting every little thing I can’t erase
Everybody says these years will pass
But broken kids don’t heal that fast
So I hide my storms beneath my sleeves
Learning how to hurt where nobody sees
If I can turn the noise into a stain
Maybe I could finally understand the pain
[Verse 1]
Lock the bathroom door, turn the faucet on
So nobody hears what’s going wrong
Mirror cracked like the way I think
Standing at the edge of the sink
Voices in my head cut deeper than blades
Every bad memory just replays
Everybody talking while I fade to gray
Just surviving one more day
[Pre-Chorus]
Cause the ache in my chest had no shape
No color, no name
And invisible wounds
Still bleed the same
[Chorus]
So I drew my hurt across paper skin
Trying to let the poison out from within
If the pain could become something I could see
Maybe it wouldn’t keep swallowing me
Every scar was a scream without sound
Proof I was lost but still around
I wasn’t trying to die back then
I just needed the chaos underneath my skin
To become physical again
[Verse 2]
Long sleeves in the summer heat
Heart skipping like a broken beat
Friends all laughing like they’re alive
While I’m searching for a way to survive
Temporary relief in crimson trails
Like holding together what was already frail
And every little line became
A conversation filled with shame
[Pre-Chorus]
But the blood never carried away
What stayed in my brain
And healing can’t happen
Where hurt feels safe
[Chorus]
So I drew my hurt across paper skin
Trying to let the poison out from within
If the pain could become something I could see
Maybe it wouldn’t keep swallowing me
Every scar was a scream without a sound
Proof I was lost but still around
I wasn’t trying to die back then
I just needed the chaos underneath my skin
To become physical again
[Bridge]
(Screamed vocals over distorted guitars)
I WAS SIXTEEN WITH A STORM IN MY HEAD
TOO SCARED TO SPEAK, TOO TIRED TO PRETEND
NO I DIDN’T WANT ATTENTION
I WANTED TO ESCAPE
WANTED ONE MOMENT WHERE THE HURTING WOULD BREAK
(Clean vocals return softly)
Now I trace those faded lines
Like old roads I survived
And I wish I could hold that kid
Tell them they deserved to stay alive
[Final Chorus]
You don’t have to carve your pain to prove it’s real
You don’t have to bleed for somebody to see how you feel
Those scars aren’t failure, they’re evidence
You made it through the violence inside your own head
And even when the darkness convinced you to run
Some trembling part of you still chose to survive long enough
To become whole again
[Outro]
(Instrumental fades with ambient guitar feedback)
Paper skin
Healing slow
Learning pain can be let go
And the hands that once brought harm
Can someday hold the broken heart they’re from
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