[Verse 1]
Everyone’s staring but they never see,
The version I bury so carefully.
They love the echo, not the sound,
Of who I am when no one’s around.
I’ve worn this skin too long, it’s cracking slow,
A perfect lie I can’t let go.
They praise the face, they curse the core,
So I hide behind what they adore.
[Pre-Chorus]
If I tear down the walls I built,
Would you see beauty or the guilt?
Would you pull me closer in the dark,
Or let me fall apart?
[Chorus]
If I show you the real me,
Would you love or would you leave?
Would you call it broken, call it weak,
When the truth is all I speak?
’Cause I’m tired of drowning quietly,
In the waves of who I’m supposed to be.
Would you stay…
If I showed you the real me?
[Verse 2]
I tried to shine where I don’t fit in,
Swallowed storms to keep you in.
I bleed in colors you don’t know,
Too bright, too dark, I can’t let it show.
[Pre-Chorus]
If I break this perfect dream,
Would you wake or would you scream?
Could you handle what you’d find,
When I stop crossing every line?
[Chorus]
If I show you the real me,
Would you love or would you leave?
Would you call it broken, call it weak,
When the truth is all I speak?
’Cause I’m tired of drowning quietly,
In the waves of who I’m supposed to be.
Would you stay…
If I showed you the real me?
[Bridge]
Take the makeup, take the crown,
Strip the noise, I’ll break it down.
If I’m chaos, if I’m flame,
Would you still whisper my name?
[Final Chorus]
If I show you the real me,
Would you see or would you flee?
Would you hold the hurt I bleed,
Or just let go and watch me leave?
I’m done pretending endlessly —
Tonight I’m gonna set her free.
Would you stay…
If I showed you the real me?
[Outro – Soft Fade]
Everyone looks at me, but they don’t see.
Maybe that’s the price of being me.
MarieCaballero
