[Intro] (Sparse piano, one breath held) [Verse 1] Twenty years I bit down on the sound Jaw a locked cathedral made of bone Porcelain smile while the cracks ran deep Singing like my body wasn't stone [Pre-Chorus] The fascia remembers what the mind won't keep Every forced encore etched into the deep The body keeps receipts [Chorus] Let it crack, let it break These bones weren't built to carry all this weight Let it crack, let it break I sang a thousand songs with clenched teeth But the only sound that set me free Was the one I couldn't fake [Verse 2] Laid down for a stranger, closed my eyes His hands found thirty years inside my jaw Something older than the songs began to rise And I wept like I had never wept before [Pre-Chorus] The tissue holds the screams the throat refused Every standing ovation left another bruise The body keeps receipts [Chorus] Let it crack, let it break These bones weren't built to carry all this weight Let it crack, let it break I sang a thousand songs with clenched teeth But the only sound that set me free Was the one I couldn't fake [Bridge] My teeth fell out on stage in front of thousands Under all those lights, I didn't stop That's what twenty years of swallowing will teach you You forget that you're allowed to drop But I'm dropping now [Outro] Let it crack, let it finally break I'm not holding anything in place The sob they filmed was not a breakdown It was the bravest sound I ever made The body keeps receipts And I just paid in full
