Skin Deep

[Intro] "They're only words..." That's what they say... So why... Do they still stay...? [Verse] Too many words... Stayed with me... Too many doubts... To shake free... Written beneath... My skin like ink... Started believing... What they'd think... [Build] Walked away... Closed the door... Why do... They linger more...? [Chorus] Skin deep... That's what they say... Still branded on me... Like a tattoo... Walked away... Kept the echoes... Long after... I outgrew them... [Drop] [Vocal Chops] Skin deep... Tattoo... Echoes... Still here... [Verse] New beginning... Same old fear... Different faces... Same ideas... Every goodbye... Felt like proof... Maybe they saw... The same truth... Every mirror... Knew their voice... Second guessing... Every choice... [Build] Looking back... I see it now... I carried... What wasn't mine... [Final Chorus] [Vocals only] Skin deep... That's what they say... Still branded on me... Like a tattoo... I outgrew them... Not overnight... [Instruments continue] Found my voice... Behind the noise... The scars remain... They tell the truth... I'm not... Who they knew... [Final Drop] [Vocal Chops] Skin deep... No more... My own voice... My own truth... [Outro] The ink still fades... Day by day... I outgrew them... [End}