[Verse 1]
I lace up my smile like boots
Pull it tight so it won’t fall through
Got jokes in my pocket for the bad days
Say I’m fine
Say I’m fine
Then I look away
[Pre-Chorus]
You see steel where there’s just tired skin
You see thunder
I’m a whisper in the wind
How do I tell you that I’m breaking again?
[Chorus]
This is my body of armour
Shiny on the outside
Cracked along the seams
Holding it together with a tremor in my teeth
You see a fighter
I’m a runner
Screaming in a room that nobody walks in
I’m drowning in the quiet that I keep within
Body of armour
And I’m crying underneath my skin
[Verse 2]
I stitch every scar with grace
Turn the wreck into resting place
Laugh too loud when the silence stings
Bite my tongue till it stops remembering
[Pre-Chorus]
You call me brave
But you don’t see
The little girl hiding in the balcony
Watching her whole world fall from the balcony
[Chorus]
This is my body of armour
Shiny on the outside
Cracked along the seams
Holding it together with a tremor in my teeth
You see a fighter
I’m a runner
Screaming in a room that nobody walks in
I’m drowning in the quiet that I keep within
Body of armour
And I’m crying underneath my skin
[Bridge]
[Music drops to soft guitar and vocal]
How loud do I have to break?
To make an echo in your chest?
If I let the metal shake
Will you stay
Will you stay
Like the rest never did? (oh)
If I lay my weapons down
Let the rust and the rivers out
Will you hold what I’ve tried to hide
Or turn away from the mess inside?
[Chorus]
This is my body of armour
Shiny on the outside
Cracked along the seams
Holding it together with a tremor in my teeth
You see a fighter
I’m a runner
Screaming in a room that nobody walks in
I’m drowning in the quiet that I keep within
Body of armour
And I’m crying
I’m crying underneath my skin