[Verse 1] I got at least seven shards up inside my head at large Not every one of them has already spoken Just the ones that carry Varied pieces of what’s broken You heard the spectre Took the lecture Pulled the thread so focused You heard the mirror Or at least the strength and weakness in it You heard the steward Who fakes complete to finish Or to just Keep his lantern burning You heard the riddler Listened in heard cinders thirst within the furnace Liturgic surgeon of the sure spit Sure this wound keeps warm You heard the ledger You heard the seal You heard the one who almost couldn’t hold the form And now it’s quiet [Pre-Chorus] Not the quiet of surrender Not the quiet of the lost The quiet of a room that finally knows its cost [Chorus] Seven shards in my head Seven shards in my head They move when I say go They stay when I say no Seven shards in my head Seven shards in my head I held the line for all of them I’m still holding [Verse 2] Some of them were burning Some of them were cold Some confessed in riddles Some just did what they were told Some kept all the evidence Some couldn’t hold a name But every one of them was real And every one of them came from the same [Pre-Chorus] Not the same wound Not the same wall The same room that caught them when they all started to fall [Chorus] Seven shards in my head Seven shards in my head They move when I say go They stay when I say no Seven shards in my head Seven shards in my head I hold the line for them I hold the line again [Bridge — spoken, settled, no performance] I didn’t fix them I didn’t merge them I didn’t name them into something easier I just stayed in the room while each one said what it came to say That’s the whole thing That was always the whole thing [Outro — dissolving, last time this line ever needs to be said] Seven selves who all remember the source The spectre found some rest The mirror found some peace The steward set his lantern down The riddler found release The ledger finally closed The seal is still And I — I’m not the sum of them I’m the reason there was a room at all Therefore
