[Verse 1] I learned your language, learned your ways, I changed my colors, changed my gaze. I gave you everything you'd need, Then hid the parts I couldn't keep. I wore the man you wanted me, And prayed you'd never look beneath. I made you promises at night, Then woke up wearing someone else's life. [Pre-Chorus] I tried to keep the dark outside, I locked the stranger up inside. But every time I held you near, Another voice was all I could hear. [Chorus — First Fracture] [MAIN] I became the man you dreamed I'd be, Till I couldn't tell what was left of me. I gave you love in every shape, Then watched another self escape. [VOICE 1 — LEFT] Stay with me. [VOICE 2 — RIGHT] Walk away. [VOICE 3 — DISTANT] Trust me. [VOICE 4 — WHISPER] Don't. [MAIN] You reach for me, but who is there? [ALL VOICES — OVERLAPPING] A thousand voices answering your prayer. [Verse 2] I knew the words that made you smile, I knew the ones that hurt awhile. I knew exactly when to hold, And when to let your hands unfold. I built a version you could trust, Then watched it turn to smoke and dust. The more I tried to make you stay, The more of me I gave away. [Pre-Chorus] I changed the ending, changed the scene, I changed the man you'd never seen. But every mask I tried to wear Still left the same old eyes in there. [Chorus — Second Fracture] [MAIN] I became the man you dreamed I'd be, Till I couldn't tell what was left of me. I gave you love in every shape, Then watched another self escape. [VOICE 1] I love you. [VOICE 2] I need you. [VOICE 3] Believe me. [VOICE 4] Don't believe. [MAIN] You reach for me, but who is there? [ALL VOICES — OVERLAPPING] A thousand voices answering your prayer. [Bridge — Stripped Down] [MAIN — INTIMATE] I don't want another face tonight, I don't want another borrowed life. I don't want to wake and wonder who Will be the man that comes back home to you. If I could tear these faces away, And leave just one of me to stay, Would you still reach for what is left, If I showed you what I kept? [VOICE 1 — WHISPER] Stay. [VOICE 2 — WHISPER] Go. [VOICE 3 — WHISPER] Tell her. [VOICE 4 — WHISPER] No. [MAIN] They're all inside me. [Final Chorus — Voices Collide] [MAIN] I became the man you dreamed I'd be, Now every stranger sounds like me. I gave you love in every shape, And every shape became my fate. [VOICE 1] I love you. [VOICE 2] I need you. [VOICE 3] I fear you. [VOICE 4] Forgive me. [MAIN] You wanted one heart you could believe— [ALL VOICES — COLLIDING] But there were too many hearts inside of me. [MAIN] Now all the borrowed faces fall, And I don't recognize them all. [ALL VOICES — OVERLAPPING, BUILDING] Stay... Go... Love me... Leave me... [MAIN — ALMOST ALONE] You loved the man I tried to be... [ALL VOICES — ALMOST WHISPERED] Borrowed... [MAIN — FINAL LINE, ALONE] But he was never really me.
