Damage

Verse 1

You look better when I’m silent,

You said that more than once,

Said I think too much, too loudly,

Said I never get it right.

So I practiced being smaller,

Cut the edges off my thoughts,

Now I fit inside your version—

Almost perfect, almost gone.

Pre-Chorus

If I stay like this,

Do I disappear?

Chorus

You made me better, better, better—

That’s what you said,

You made me cleaner, quieter,

Inside my head.

You made me less, less, less,

Until there’s nothing left—

And now I don’t know

Who I am without it.

Verse 2

You corrected every feeling,

Like it needed to be fixed,

Turned my doubts into a weakness,

Turned my voice into a glitch.

Now I pause before I answer,

Run it through what you would say,

Every thought is double-checked

In case it needs to be erased.

Pre-Chorus

If I think like you,

Do I still exist?

Chorus

You made me better, better, better—

That’s what you said,

You made me cleaner, quieter,

Inside my head.

You made me less, less, less,

Until there’s nothing left—

And now I don’t know

Who I am without it.

Bridge (cold, almost spoken)

Say it right…

Say it right…

No—

Not like that—

Again.

Final Chorus (distorted, breaking)

You made me better—better—

That’s what you said,

But something’s missing, missing

Inside my head.

You made me less, less, less—

But I’m still here, I guess—

And I don’t need

Who I was to exist.

Final Bridge (cold, repetitive, building tension)

Say it right…

Say it right…

Say it like you told me—

Say it like you told me—

Not like that…

Not like that…

Again.

Again.

Fix it… fix it…

Fix it… fix it…

Make it clean…

Make it clean…

No…

No…

Not me.

Not me.