Eyes shut tight, the pain returns like smoke Fills the lungs with things I never spoke Beneath this skin, I hide the proof Of every smile they called a truth The mirror cracks with every breath A silent prayer to feel like less The mask I wear fits far too well Built to carry what I’ll never tell --- I reach for something that won’t decay I need to feel another way --- I cry for tears that never fall I fight the weight behind these walls Why can’t I see what others find? Why am I chained inside my mind? --- I sift through time like shattered glass Each edge a year I let slip past Regret’s a rope I tied too tight Trying to strangle every light I lost my voice to gain control I played the part, I paid the toll But every script they made me read Just taught me how to make me bleed --- I reach for something that won’t decay I need to feel another way --- I cry for tears that never fall I fight the weight behind these walls Why can’t I see what others find? Why am I chained inside my mind? --- "Still I breathe." "Still I ache." "Still I shake." "Refuse to break.* "Still I breathe." "Still I ache." "Still I shake." "Refuse to break.* "Still I breathe." "Still I ache." "Still I shake." "Refuse to break.* "Still I breathe." "Still I ache." "Still I shake." "Refuse to break.* --- I dream of giving up with grace But tremble at my own embrace A hollow man with hands gone numb Too loud to speak, too weak to run Let me fracture one last time Then pull the sickness from the spine I never asked to feel this way But I was born to disobey --- I cry for tears that never fall I fight the weight behind these walls Why can’t I see what others find? Why am I chained inside my mind? --- My friend’s the part I tried to kill But he is waiting, patient still If I could stand and face that flame He’d hold me close — and say my name --- “Still I breathe. Refuse to break.”
