[Intro] [Silence] [Soft, hesitant piano chords begin] [Sound of a deep breath close to the mic] [Verse 1] [Vocals: Soft, clear, almost conversational] You scream my name into the microphone But I have never felt more alone You tell the crowd that I’m the light While you are stumbling home at night You turn our secrets into rhymes To sell them for a thousand times You made me big, you made me tall But I am nothing there at all [Chorus] [Piano melody becomes slightly stronger but sad] I am not a song for you to sing I am not a diamond or a ring I am not a story for the stage I am not a picture on a page Touch my hand, feel my skin See the mess that I am in I’m not a ghost, I’m not a flood I am only flesh and blood Just flesh and blood. [Verse 2] [Vocals slightly more emotional, a little crack in the voice] I miss the coffee in the morning sun Before the race had just begun I miss the boy who held my hand Before he wanted to rule the land You’re chasing shadows, chasing high You don't even look me in the eye You love the echo, not the voice And now you leave me with no choice [Chorus] [Strings swell gently in the background] I am not a song for you to sing I am not a diamond or a ring I am not a story for the stage I am not a picture on a page Touch my hand, feel my skin See the mess that I am in I’m not a ghost, I’m not a flood I am only flesh and blood [Bridge] [Music drops to single piano notes] [Vocals: Whispering, painful] You can keep the applause You can keep the noise You can keep your plastic toys I just wanted you to stay But you are miles and miles away... [Chorus] [Final, soft repetition] I am not a song for you to sing I am not a diamond or a ring... I am just the girl you used to know Before you started with the show. [Outro] [Piano slows down to a stop] [Vocals fading out] Flesh and blood... Just flesh and blood... [Silence] [End]
