Jaw set hard, shoulders high Every breath cut down to size I feel the weight beneath my skin I held it out, I held it in One more inch, the surface bends I tell myself: don't lock it in Break me open I let the surface give I won't seal the pressure in I choose what I release There is pressure in my hands There is breath behind the strain Not a wound I have to hide Just a force I kept inside I can shake and let it pass I can yield without collapse Break me open I let the surface give I won't seal the pressure in I choose what I release I kept my breath behind my teeth Kept every tremor underneath Now I release what I controlled I let it move, I let it show Break me open I give the pressure room I loosen what I locked I let myself come through Break me open I give the pressure room I loosen what I locked I let myself come through
