Porcelain Nerves

[Verse 1]
You swore you hated liars
Said that was your deepest wound
Funny how your favorite stories
Were the ones that bent the truth
You kissed me in the driveway
Car keys shaking in my hand
I thought that it was fever
Didn’t see it was your plan
[Chorus]
You cracked my porcelain nerves
Stepped on every sharp word
Left your shadows in my chest like burns
You wrote your name in my scars
Pulled the halo off my heart
Now I’m screaming in the dark
Unheard
You cracked my porcelain nerves
[Verse 2]
Found her sweater in your closet
Smelled her perfume on your coat
You said
“Baby
Why you trippin’?”
Like the stain was just a joke
I replay the smallest moments
Every shrug and every grin
How you learned to say “I love you”
While you kept her on your skin
[Chorus]
You cracked my porcelain nerves
Stepped on every sharp word
Left your shadows in my chest like burns
You wrote your name in my scars
Pulled the halo off my heart
Now I’m screaming in the dark
Unheard
You cracked my porcelain nerves
[Bridge]
Was it fun
My quiet breaking? (yeah)
Did you time each little shake?
All the nights I thought I’d lose you
You were busy getting away
[Chorus]
You cracked my porcelain nerves
Stepped on every sharp word
Left your shadows in my chest like burns
You wrote your name in my scars
Pulled the halo off my heart
Now these ashes are my brand-new earth
You cracked my porcelain nerves
But I’ll grow through every hurt

rock, Alt-rock ballad with female vocals; verse sits on moody clean guitar and roomy drums, bass pulsing in quarter notes. Chorus explodes with distorted power chords, doubled vocal line, and wide harmonies on key phrases. Bridge drops to near-whisper over tremolo guitar, then slams back into a final, anthemic chorus., alternative rock