[Verse 1] She learned young how to disappear, Fade right out when trouble came near, Snuck in movies, slipped through doors, Walked unseen across department stores. Stopped a robbery, followed a thief, Vanished whenever she needed relief, No awkward talk, no standing around— Just shut it off and leave no sound. [Pre-Chorus] And every time somebody made her ache, She found one more reason to evaporate. [Chorus] Piece by piece, slipping away, Hiding away from the day, And that's okay— That's what she'd always say. Pull yourself into a ball, You don't have to feel at all, But every time you disappear, There's a little less of you left here. [Verse 2] Didn't like someone? Ghost 'em clean, Erase their number, leave 'em on seen, No goodbye and no loose ends, No need to mourn what might have been. Friend said something that landed wrong? Gone before the end of the song. Family's "toxic," cut the line— While you're sitting in nuclear waste all the time. [Pre-Chorus] Every hurt became a reason to leave, Every loss became something she didn't have to grieve. [Chorus] Piece by piece, slipping away, Hiding away from the day, And that's okay— That's what she'd always say. Pull yourself into a ball, You don't have to feel at all, But every time you disappear, There's a little less of you left here. [Verse 3] Soon the trick didn't need her mind, She stayed invisible all the time, People stopped knocking, stopped asking why, You can only chase a ghost so many nights. She wanted silence, she got her wish, No fights, no pain, no relationships, No one left who could make her bleed— No one left who could make her seen. [Bridge] You can call it peace, You can call it space, You can cut every cord Till there's nobody left to chase. You can name every person Who failed you along the way— But if everybody's poison, Maybe check the water where you stay. [Breakdown] Piece by piece... Slipping away... Hiding away... From the day... And that's okay. Until one day you look around and no one's there to hear a sound. [Final Chorus] Piece by piece, slipping away, Hiding away from the day, And that's okay— I know that's what you'll say. You only hurt yourself By pulling into a ball, So I won't drag you out— I won't climb your wall. I'll just wait where you left me, Where I always stood before, And when you're ready to shake it out— say so
