Stranger in My Skin Verse 1 I woke up wearing somebody else’s face, Same old mirror, different kind of disgrace. Coffee tastes like yesterday’s blood, Every heartbeat coughs up rust. My shadow walks a step ahead, Turns around like it wants me dead. Everybody says, “You’re looking fine.” They’ve never looked me in the eyes. Pre-Chorus I keep trying on my own reflection Like a jacket that belonged to someone else. If this body’s really mine— Why does it fit like hell? Chorus I’m a stranger in my skin. Can’t remember where I’ve been. Every scar forgot my name, Every prayer sounds the same. I’m a ghost beneath my grin, Locked outside, trying to get in. If home was ever deep within— Who moved out? Who let the stranger in? ⸻ Verse 2 The photographs keep telling lies, Smiling through familiar eyes. Everybody waves at me— Nobody knows who they see. There’s a heartbeat in my chest, But it doesn’t sound like rest. Even silence shuts the door, Like it met me once before. ⸻ Pre-Chorus I carved my history into bone, Still somehow it feels unknown. If healing means becoming new— Who’s the one I’m losing to? ⸻ Chorus I’m a stranger in my skin. Can’t remember where I’ve been. Every scar forgot my name, Every prayer sounds the same. I’m a ghost beneath my grin, Locked outside, trying to get in. If home was ever deep within— Who moved out? Who let the stranger in? ⸻ Bridge If I peel away the anger, Will there be anybody left? If I bury every version That addiction ever kept… Would my mother know my footsteps? Would my father know my hands? Or did I disappear so slowly Nobody noticed Until I couldn’t? ⸻ Final Chorus I’m a stranger in my skin. Can’t remember where I’ve been. Every scar forgot my name, Every prayer sounds the same. I’m a ghost beneath my grin, Locked outside, trying to get in. I spent my whole life searching For a house beneath my ribs. I’m a stranger in my skin. And the stranger… Looks enough like me That everybody else believes him. ⸻ Outro Stranger in my skin… Stranger in my skin… Maybe I never disappeared— Maybe I just stopped Feeling like I lived here.
