[Intro, clean guitar, distant static] I don't remember when I disappeared Maybe it happened slowly Maybe nobody noticed Maybe I didn't either [Verse 1] I learned to smile with blood in my mouth Learned how to cry without making a sound Every stage became a funeral light Every applause another goodbye I wore perfection like a punishment A beautiful cage I couldn't escape Everyone loved the girl in the pictures Nobody asked if she was alive I kept my hands still open wide While everything inside me died [Pre-Chorus] I buried pieces of myself in hotel rooms and dressing mirrors I spent so many years pretending I can't remember what was real [Chorus, dynamic, desperate] I held my breath until I forgot my own name [static] I hit the break point, then I split One step, then another I keep moving on I let the whole world watch me drown Smile politely while going down If I become somebody else tonight Maybe she'll hurt less than I do [dynamic] I held my breath until I forgot my own name [static] I hit the break point, then I split One step, then another I keep moving on [Verse 2] I don't know which lies were mine anymore I don't know who I protected this for I traded pieces of my soul away For headlines that won't remember my face I look into the mirror now And see a stranger wearing my mouth She knows my memories, knows my fears But she isn't me anymore [Pre-Chorus] I kept waiting for some miracle For someone to tell me I'm forgiven But all I found inside my chest was silence and smoke [Chorus, dynamic] I held my breath until I forgot my own name [static] I hit the break point, then I split One step, then another I keep moving on Let every photograph decay Let every promise fade away I gave them everything I had And they still wanted more [dynamic] I held my breath until I forgot my own name [static] I hit the break point, then I split One step, then another I keep moving on [Bridge, half-time, trembling] I wanted to be loved, so I became whatever they needed I wanted to belong, so I abandoned myself first I kept choosing everyone else again and again and again Until there was nobody left inside [emotional screaming] Look at what I've done to me I don't even recognize my face I built a temple out of loneliness and called it fate I kept my heart in a locked room until it forgot how to beat And now I'm standing in the ashes with nothing left to keep [Breakdown, distorted, almost whispered] No heaven No rescue No second skin No beautiful ending Just pieces Just ghosts Just another version of me dying quietly One step Then another One step Then another [Final Chorus, explosive, breaking] I held my breath until I forgot my own name [static] I hit the break point, then I split One step, then another I keep moving on Everything I built collapsed Every mask turned into ash I don't know who survives tonight I only know she can't go back [dynamic] I held my breath until I forgot my own name [static, fading] I hit the break point, then I split One step, then another I keep moving on [Outro, clean guitar, almost silent] One step Then another I think I died a long time ago And this is just what's left I don't know my name anymore But at least I finally stopped hiding
