[Verse 1] I’m not gonna act like we don’t see it, You and I both know our secrets. We don’t push away to keep them safe— We push away to keep us safe. Sometimes we want it so bad we just break, Push ’em away, start imaginin’ fakes— Failures from the past line up for a check, Then bam bam bam, we’re alone in the wreck. We made the whole thing all about us, Built our attitude out of made-up stuff— Hard to let someone in when we’re ten feet apart, Easier falling when you’re losin’ your heart. [Chorus] And I keep runnin’ from the mirror like he’s someone I betrayed, Tryna fix a broken future with the pieces that I saved. Yeah, I carry all my shadows like they’re tattoos on my skin— Tell me why I feel the safest in the places I’ve been caged in? I’ve been burnin’, I’ve been breakin’, I’ve been losin’ track of me… Tryna kill the old version just to set the new one free. But every time I pull the trigger, I just circle back again— In this burnin’ house I’m writin’ with a leakin’ pen… [Verse 2] Back then when we slipped, let the darkness creep in, We fought back with a grin like, “Don’t let him in.” Hit ourselves like dwarves diggin’ holes in our skin, Delvin’ deep in the parts where the shadows begin. Tryna understand the dark sparks twistin’ our chest, Failin’ over things we swear we should be doin’ our best— Like we ever had a chance outrunnin’ paths carved in stress, Now we flinch at every stranger like connection’s a threat. [Chorus] And I keep runnin’ from the mirror like he’s someone I betrayed, Tryna fix a broken future with the pieces that I saved. Yeah, I carry all my shadows like they’re tattoos on my skin— Tell me why I feel the safest in the places I’ve been caged in? I’ve been burnin’, I’ve been breakin’, I’ve been losin’ track of me… Tryna kill the old version just to set the new one free. But every time I pull the trigger, I just circle back again— In this burnin’ house I’m writin’ with a leakin’ pen… [Verse 3] Tried to stand on my own, but the weight never lifts, Wrote lines in the dark hopin’ something would shift. Stuck in a house that’s still burnin’ around us— Tellin’ stories ’bout a girl who ain’t real just to ground us. Laughin’ at the dead me like, “What would he try?” Push him down when he speaks, let him fade, let him die. But you can’t bury the sin without diggin’ it up again— ’Til the whole thing crashes like emotional wind. [Verse 4 – Rap] Slipped in the bed—yeah, I said it was easy, Mind runnin’ laps while my chest gettin’ queasy. Holdin’ a picture of who I was once, But I jolt the whole frame when the good starts to rust. Took a bite of my life and it tasted like nothin’, It’s bland, it’s raw, all the parts I ain’t trustin’. Cooked it again and the whole thing burned— Guess confidence dies when the tables get turned. Been fightin’ this war like a plague in the sea, Bodies floatin’ ’round me—dead memories. Dreams of who I was, dreams of who I ain’t, Blood on the surface of the things I tried to paint. Cold winter nights, yeah the forest was deep, Buried my soul where I buried my needs. Hopes in a grave, threw the ink on the dirt, Walked away numb like I couldn’t get hurt. Built a hard shell outta self-deprivation, Bars in my mind forged from isolation. Worshipped my lust like a crown I crafted— Left freedom to rot where the darkness drafted. [Bridge] Hand in hand with the ghost of me, Step by step in the life we swore we’d lead. Diggin’ through dirt where our hopes once lived, Now our bodies hold hearts too cold to forgive. [Final Chorus] And I keep runnin’ from the mirror like he’s someone I betrayed, Tryna fix a broken future with the pieces that I saved. Yeah, I carry all my shadows like they’re tattoos on my skin— Tell me why I feel the safest in the places I’ve been caged in? I’ve been burnin’, I’ve been breakin’, I’ve been losin’ track of me… Tryna kill the old version just to set the new one free. But every time I pull the trigger, I just circle back again— In this burnin’ house I’m writin’ with a leakin’ pen…
