[Verse 1 – soft, close to the microphone] I keep a pencil by the bed For all the things I never said A softer face, a steadier hand A girl who always understands I draw the hallway, draw the door But never what was on the floor Erase the lights, erase the cage Turn every scar into a page [Pre-Chorus – tension slowly rising] Make the eyes round Hide the gold Keep her fifteen Never cold Give her fingers Not these claws Draw her perfect Without flaws [Chorus – wide, emotional] Draw me human Line by line Give me back this body Tell me it is mine Draw me smiling Draw me safe Color in the pieces They could never take No fur, no fangs No fear beneath my skin Draw me human And let me live within [Verse 2 – restrained drums enter] My mother asks me where I’ve been I tell the lie and tuck it in She holds me like I might still break I count each breath I have to fake At school I sit beside the wall So no one stands behind at all They say that I came back somehow But I don’t know who came back now [Pre-Chorus – more urgent] Hide the needle Hide the room Paint some flowers Make them bloom Draw a window Open wide Give the little girl Somewhere to hide [Chorus – stronger] Draw me human Line by line Give me back this body Tell me it is mine Draw me smiling Draw me safe Color in the pieces They could never take No fur, no fangs No fear beneath my skin Draw me human And let me live within [Post-Chorus – quiet, layered vocals] But the tail curls around my feet And the ears hear every heartbeat And the eyes looking back at me Are still mine Still mine [Bridge – music darkens, voice begins fragile and grows fierce] What if the monster in the frame Still turns around when called my name? What if the teeth, the stripes, the eyes Are not the part of me that lies? What if I draw the claws this time? What if I keep the broken lines? What if the girl upon the page Can still be scared And still be brave? [Instrumental Rise – distorted guitar and pounding drums] [Final Chorus – powerful, cathartic] Draw me human Not unchanged Draw every shape they forced me to become And write my name Draw me frightened Draw me fierce Draw the little housecat And the beast they learned to fear Keep fur, keep fangs Keep every mark upon my skin Draw me human With all the animals within [Outro – instruments fall away to piano] I keep a pencil by the bed For all the things I haven’t said Tonight I draw my eyes in gold And leave them there I let them show
