More Than a Body

I’m more than

I’m more than

I’m more than my body

Yeah…

Look at me properly

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You trace the outline, call it art

Never asking what’s in my heart

Memorize the way I move

But miss the words I never use

Your eyes weigh heavy on my skin

Like I’m a shape you’re living in

You say I’m beautiful out loud

But never hear me in the crowd

Body, let me see your body

Take it all off, that’s what you told me

Trust me, baby, why don’t you trust me?

Like I’m a secret you can own me

But I’m not a dime a dozen

And my skin ain’t all I am

You see gold and think you found it

You don’t know the deeper land

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I’m screaming softly under breath

There’s more to me than what you get

You touch my hands but not my mind

And leave the rest of me behind

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I’m more than my body

More than your fantasy

Not a toy, not a trophy

You don’t get to silence me

You can pack your things, go

I don’t owe you anything

My mind is worth its weight in gold

I’m a whole damn galaxy

I’m more than

I’m more than

I’m more than my body

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I smile like I learned the role

Perfect mask, a hollow show

You love the version you can keep

The quiet parts you’ll never know

Touch me — you just wanna feel

Share me like I’m not real

Trust you? now I see it clear

You never cared how I feel

I shrink inside your compliments

Like space you never meant to fill

Just something pretty in your hands

Never something with a will

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I wanna spill my ribs apart

Show you the architecture of my heart

But every time I try to speak

You kiss the truth back into sleep

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I’m more than my body

More than your fantasy

Not a toy, not a trophy

You don’t get to silence me

You will never get me

Buh-bye, just go

I’m not yours to own

I already know

I’m more than

I’m more than

I’m more than my body

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I am memory

I am fear

Every silent wasted year

I am laughter you don’t hear

Everything you disappear

Don’t reduce me

Don’t erase

All the storms behind my face

There’s a universe in place

You never tried to trace

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I’m more than my body

More than skin and symmetry

If you touch me, understand

You’re holding all of me

I’m not a shadow in your room

Not a hunger you consume

Love the parts you cannot see

Or don’t pretend you love me

I’m more than

I’m more than

I’m more than my body

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I’m still here…

Even when you look away

I’m still more

Than what you see