Lyrics written by Jules Gem Lyrics copyright protected 2026 ©All rights reserved. Song Title: Damaged Frame Pre-Intro (soft, almost whispered) Shadows keep the door… I keep the key inside… Intro These walls know every silence I wear Like a second skin I still can’t shed Verse 1 I walked out of the house that wore his name Left the bruises and the apologies behind But the echo of his voice still lives in my bones Teaching my heart how to stay small and blind I tell myself I’m free now, I tell myself I’m whole Yet every open hand still looks like a closing fist I carry the quiet like a heavy stone And pray the past will one day release its grip Pre-Chorus 1 I’ve learned the language of closed doors And the weight of holding my own breath for more Chorus 1 I’m so tired of heartbreak being my closest friend Of loving like it’s a knife I hand to someone else I want the kind of love that fills the hollow places But I’m scared it’ll leave me emptier than before I’m a good heart in a damaged frame And I don’t know if anyone can hold all this pain Without breaking too Without breaking too Verse 2 Years of walking soft so the floor wouldn’t creak Swallowing words until they turned to stone He took the soft parts and left me the sharp ones Now I flinch at kindness like a warning tone I know I’m worth more than the nights spent apologizing But the mirror still shows a woman who forgot how to be held I wear the caution like a second skin Afraid the next touch might leave me unspelled Pre-Chorus 2 Doubt sits heavy on my tongue Asking if I’m too much or never enough Chorus 2 I’m worn thin from carrying heartbreak like a second name From giving love as if it were a blade I have to lend I long for a belonging deep enough to mend these hollow places Yet I freeze at the thought of being emptied out again I’m a good heart in a damaged frame And I wonder if these hands of mine still know how to remain Without breaking too Without breaking too Verse 3 I’ve retreated so far into myself I can barely hear the world calling my name Completeness is the thing I ache for most And the thing that terrifies me just the same What if I open and there’s nothing left to give What if I fall and no one stays to catch the fall I’ve built these walls so high and thick I’m not sure I remember how to scale them at all Pre-Chorus 3 Fear is the only lover who never left And I’m afraid to ask it to leave this bed Chorus 3 I’m so weary of heartbreak as the only voice that stays Of loving like I’m offering a wound instead of grace I still dream of a love that could fill these hollow places But the cost of wanting it feels heavier than the empty space I’m a good heart in a damaged frame And I’m not sure I have the courage left to risk the same Without breaking too Without breaking too Bridge Is there a way back to the surface from here From this quiet I’ve made my only home I still believe in the goodness I carry But believing doesn’t make the reaching any less alone I’m not asking for perfect or pure Just for someone who won’t make me disappear Pre-Outro Maybe one day the door won’t feel so heavy… Maybe one day I’ll trust the light to stay… Outro Until then I’ll keep the key inside Keep the shadows close beside Keep my heart where the old damage can’t reach …for now …for now
