Glass Skin

(Verse 1)

I feel the cracks beneath the surface spreading through my chest

A thousand tiny fractures that I tried to hide at best

I patch the pieces carefully so no one sees the seams

But every time the light hits me, it shows what’s underneath

Your eyes, they trace the damage like you’re studying a stain

You say you see the beauty in the parts that still remain

But I can feel the breaking, and I’m scared of what you’ll find

If I go falling to the floor and leave the shards behind

(Pre-Chorus)

I held myself together just to keep from letting go

But maybe falling into pieces is the only way I grow

(Chorus)

If I’m made of glass skin, maybe I was meant to break

Maybe all these fragile pieces weren’t a flaw, but what it takes

If I shatter in your hands, don’t try to fix what’s splitting through

Let the fragments fall and scatter

Maybe I look better broken too

(Verse 2)

I wore a polished version so the world would see me shine

A reflection built of pressure, not a truth that once was mine

You say that there’s a light in me that’s trying to get out

But every glow feels painful, like I’m burning from the doubt

If I’m a work of art, I’m one that wasn’t built to last

A stained-glass imitation of a future in my past

Maybe I’m not damaged — maybe I was never whole

Still learning how to hold myself without losing control

(Pre-Chorus 2)

I kept myself in one piece just to prove that I was strong

But maybe strength is learning how to break and still belong

(Chorus)

If I’m made of glass skin, maybe I was meant to break

Maybe all these fragile pieces weren’t a flaw, but what it takes

If I shatter in your hands, don’t try to fix what’s splitting through

Let the fragments fall and scatter

Maybe I look better broken too

(Bridge)

Let me fall apart slow

Let the edges finally show

If there’s healing in the ruin

Maybe this is how I grow

(soft, strained)

Don’t save me from the breaking…

(Break — harsh accents)

Let it break—

Don’t put me back together

Let it break—

I won’t be glass forever

(Final Chorus)

If I’m made of glass skin, maybe breaking sets me free

I was holding onto versions never meant to stay with me

If I shatter in your hands, don’t try to make me something new

Let the pieces fall and scatter

I’m not afraid of breaking through

(Outro)

Maybe I was meant to break

Just to learn what I could take