[Intro] The story lands without knocking A child’s scream folded into pixels Before thought can intervene I am there [Verse 1] Small bones shaking in a borrowed fear Trust collapsing while the world just stares My empathy don’t ask permission It drags me down, makes it my condition I taste the breath they couldn’t keep Feel every nightmare I should never see Soft tissue tears along old seams I bleed through lives that ain’t mine to bleed [Pre-Chorus] I tell myself I have to feel it all Or I’m the one who lets them fall So I stay inside the damage done Long after the moment’s gone [Chorus] I feel too much, it’s tearing me apart Every someone else’s pain gets stitched into my heart No armor here, no line to draw I break for things I never saw If I turn away, am I the same? Another ghost that feeds the flame? I don’t know how to let it go So I drown in what I’ll never know [Verse 2] Tears cut paths that don’t belong to me Days get heavy from what I see My life fades thin, translucent skin While every voice keeps pulling me in No box, no lid, no shutting out Every headline floods me out My nervous system sparks and breaks No anchor strong enough to take [Pre-Chorus] Boundaries gone the second it begins I lose myself inside their skin And every time I swear I’ll learn I fall again, I feel the burn [Chorus] I feel too much, it’s tearing me apart Every someone else’s pain gets stitched into my heart No armor here, no line to draw I break for things I never saw If I turn away, am I the same? Another ghost that feeds the flame? I don’t know how to let it go So I drown in what I’ll never know [Breakdown] Empathy without armor Is a blade turned inward Say it again A blade turned inward I don’t want to be the wound I don’t want to disappear I just want to see the truth Without dying every year [Bridge] I want to witness and survive Feel their pain but stay alive Wake up whole, not torn apart Carry weight without losing heart But I’m not there, not yet Still learning where the edges set [Final Chorus] I feel too much, it’s carving me out Every someone else’s scream becomes my doubt Still no armor, still no shield Just open wounds I never healed But I won’t lose what makes me real Even if it cuts too deep to feel One day I’ll learn to let it flow Without becoming what I know [Outro] The tearing continues But I name it now This ache means I’m still human Still unwilling to look away Still learning how to hold the sorrow Without giving myself away [end song]
