There’s a tremor carved beneath my skin, A faultline where the cracks begin. I taste the iron of restraint, A war disguised as self-constraint. I brace for impact in my chest The calm before the unrest. Drag me out from where I drown, Before the undertow pulls down. If I fracture from within, Will you hold or let me cave again? (Pressure builds behind the bones) (Nothing breaks in quiet tones) Your presence cuts like winter air, A cold that settles everywhere. I feel the weight of “almost broke,” The truth I’m choking back like smoke. My pulse is running out of ground One misstep and I’m unbound. Drag me out from where I drown, Before the undertow pulls down. If I collapse beneath the strain, Would you endure or feed the pain? I stand before the edge of all I’ve feared, Where every cost I hid appears. Is breaking open how we heal, Or just another way to feel? Tear the weakness from my veins! Split the shell release the chains! If I’m ruined, let it show Scars are proof of what I know! Drag me out from where I drown, Before the undertow pulls down. If I burn through flesh and bone, Will you claim me or leave me stone? (Still I brace for what begins) (Fire sleeps beneath the skin)
