Cage Made of Paper

I’m me, hiding in my head again,

Whispers in the hallway feel like thunder in my skin.

Every mirror shows a girl I never learned to know,

Trying to disappear in the shadows where I go.

They say “You’re too much,” then “You’re not enough,”

I fold myself small just to keep from messing up.

Heartbeats echo like they’re locked behind a door,

I’m tired of sinking through the cracks in the floor.

But something in me’s waking up,

A spark beneath the rust,

A voice I buried deep

That’s begging me to trust—

I’m breaking out of this cage made of paper,

Tearing down the walls I built to keep me safer.

No more hiding scars like secrets in the night—

I’m done being quiet just to make things right.

Even if my voice shakes, even if I fall,

I’ll stand back up, I’ll give it my all.

Yeah, I’m breaking out of this cage made of paper—

I’m taking back my power.

Footsteps echo louder when I walk my own way,

I’m learning how to speak without needing to obey.

All the names they called me used to cut like steel,

Now they’re fading in the distance— I’m starting to heal.

Maybe I’m a wildfire they tried to tame,

Maybe I’m a storm that refuses to stay the same.

Every “no” they gave me carved me into something true,

And now I’m rising from the ruins they put me through.

That spark is turning into flame,

It’s burning off the shame—

I won’t be who they wrote,

I’ll rewrite my own name—

I’m breaking out of this cage made of paper,

Tearing down the walls I built to keep me safer.

No more hiding scars like secrets in the night—

I’m done being quiet just to make things right.

Even if my voice shakes, even if I fall,

I’ll stand back up, I’ll give it my all.

Yeah, I’m breaking out of this cage made of paper—

I’m taking back my power.

I’m not who I was,

And I’m not afraid—

Every tear I shed

Built the path I made.

If they try to pull me down,

I won’t disappear—

I finally learned

I belong right here.

I burned the cage, now I dance in the embers,

Found a strength in myself that I’ll always remember.

This is my voice, my life, my fight—

And it finally feels like everything’s right.

No more shrinking small, no more trying to pretend,

This is my beginning, not the end.

Yeah, I burned the cage, now I’m finally free—

I’m happy being me