🎵 CAN I BE PERFECT?
(Hozier × Bon Iver × Mumford & Sons inspired rewrite)
Verse 1
Stress on my skin like crude oil clinging,
won’t wash off, won’t let me breathe.
Depression builds its quiet kingdom
in the corners where the light can’t reach.
Anger curls itself around me,
from tightened fists to a locked‑up jaw —
rigor mortis in my spirit,
every love I touch left cold on the floor.
Pre‑Chorus
And worry sits inside me
like a stone I cannot pass,
folds me to the ground again,
holds me ’til I can’t ask…
Chorus
Can I be perfect?
Can I be right?
I’m trapped in a room with no door in sight.
Four walls of my heart
all boarded and barred,
and I’m clawing at the dark for a spark of light.
Can I be perfect?
Can I be right?
Verse 2
Like chemistry gone wrong, I rupture —
a shockwave through the hands that hold me.
They bleed trying to keep me steady,
they fight the hurt I spill so slowly.
I let it out, I let it go,
I falter like a faultline breaking —
I swear I’ll change, I swear I’ll grow,
but the promise feels like something shaking.
Pre‑Chorus 2
I whisper to the silence,
to the pieces on the floor:
“I’ll be better, I’ll be gentle,
I won’t shatter anymore…”
Chorus
Can I be perfect?
Can I be right?
I’m trapped in a room with no door in sight.
Four walls of my heart
all boarded and barred,
and I’m clawing at the dark for a spark of light.
Can I be perfect?
Can I be right?
Bridge
Failure wears a crooked crown
in the corner where it waits for me.
Broken is the name I carry,
shattered is the mark I keep.
I hide the cracks like tiny cuts
I pray no one will ever see —
but they glow like open wounds,
they burn right through the secrecy.
Final Chorus
Can I be perfect?
Can I be right?
I’m begging the dark for a little more time.
If I scream for help,
if I fall to the floor,
will you stay when I’m not who I was before?
Can I be perfect?
Can I be right?
Can I be something
worth the fight?
