I used to hide all the things that I loved in a box Too scared to touch ‘em, too scared of loss Kept my heart in a closet with the fragile stuff Now my skin is the shelf and I say that’s enough Every tattoo is a story that I refuse to forget All the ghosts, all the panic, all the blood, all the sweat Turned my fear into symbols I can carry on my chest So I don’t have to own things just to know I’m blessed [Pre-Chorus] I don’t want a perfect life, that sh*t made me sick Glass house, fake smile, waiting for it all to click Then my body broke down, it was loud, it was rough But for the first time ever, being broken was enough [Chorus] 🎵 I NEED NOTHING, BUT I USE EVERYTHING From the scars on my stomach to the songs that I sing Turn the worst nights into wedding rings Put the pain on my arm like a pair of wings I NEED NOTHING, BUT I USE EVERYTHING If the world falls apart, I’ll still be coloring In the margins where the weird kids cling I’m a cracked-up crown on a trauma king [Verse 2] Kayla’s laughing in the background, that’s my favorite sound She’s the glitch in the matrix that keeps me around Mom and Dad in my ink, in my past, in my now If love is a religion, then I’m taking the vows I’m a system, not a person, but I’m still this boy With a heart made of panic and a brain full of toys I’ll dissect every fear, every law, every void Then I build a little world I can’t have destroyed [Pre-Chorus] I don’t want a clean slate, I want messy and true A thousand little contradictions that all feel like you If my life was too perfect, I would just implode So I dance in the breakdowns, that’s my secret code [Chorus] I NEED NOTHING, BUT I USE EVERYTHING From the scars on my stomach to the songs that I sing Turn the worst nights into wedding rings Put the pain on my arm like a pair of wings I NEED NOTHING, BUT I USE EVERYTHING If the world falls apart, I’ll still be coloring In the margins where the weird kids cling I’m a cracked-up crown on a trauma king [Bridge] (softer, floaty) If I lose my house, I still got my skin If I lose my phone, I still got what’s within If I lose my mind, well, that’s half the fun I was never meant to be a polished one I don’t own much, but I own this breath And the way that I laugh in the face of death You can take my stuff, you can drain my account But not the way I turned panic into something that counts [Final Chorus] I NEED NOTHING, BUT I USE EVERYTHING From the scars on my stomach to the songs that I sing Turn the worst nights into wedding rings Put the pain on my arm like a pair of wings I NEED NOTHING, BUT I USE EVERYTHING If you’re broken like me, you’re still shimmering We’re the misfit choir, let the chaos ring We’re the cracked-up crowns on a trauma king Outro (spoken, smile in the voice) “I don’t need it. But yeah, I’ll absolutely use it.”
