Second Skin

Used to walk in shadows that were never mine,

Wore a face for people just to buy some time.

Every step rehearsed like a borrowed line,

But the mirror kept calling out the real design.

All those quiet whispers underneath my skin,

Telling me I’m hiding where the light should’ve been.

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I was living in a version of me

that never felt like truth.

Peeling back every layer I see—

yeah, I’m stepping into something new.

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I peeled off that second skin—

now I’m breathing me again.

I don’t need to fit right in,

I was made to break the frame.

I peeled off that second skin—

let the old me wash away.

If you’re looking for who I’ve been,

you won’t find them here today.

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Used to shrink my colors just to keep the peace,

Held my fire quiet so the world felt pleased.

But a spark kept rising underneath the crease,

’Til it burned through the fabric I was scared to release.

Now I’m walking fearless in the neon glow,

Every scar a story that I let show.

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I was living in a version of me

that never felt alive.

But the second I let the truth breathe,

man, I felt my spirit rise.

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I peeled off that second skin—

now I’m breathing me again.

I don’t need to fit right in,

I was made to bend the frame.

I peeled off that second skin—

let the old me drift away.

If you're searching for who I’ve been,

they’re a ghost I don’t portray.

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New light in my veins,

new shape in my name.

I’m not hiding the change—

I’m finally awake.

Every truth that I claim

sets my past into flame…

and I walk through it unashamed.

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I peeled off that second skin—

now I’m breathing me again.

All the walls I built within

couldn’t cage who I became.

I peeled off that second skin—

stepped into the night unchained.

If you’re reaching for who I’ve been,

I’m a brand-new world today.