You wore their lies like second skin
Slipped out quiet, let them in
You say you're done, but still go back
Chasing echoes down the cracks
I laughed on cue, just like they do
I change myself to be your truth
Maybe if I fit just right
You'd hold me without a fight
I'm not them, but would you soften?
Would the rage just stop, would the silence blossom?
If I looked like the ones you chase and crave
Would you finally let me stay?
I try so hard to wear their skin
Just to feel your love begin
You flinch when I get too close
Like someone else's ghost still owns the ropes
You say it's me you want today
But your eyes keep drifting where they used to stay
I keep their shadows by the door
Hoping maybe love remembers more
Every smile you fake for me
Feels like echoed memory
I'm not them, but would you soften?
Would the storm die down, would the hurt be forgotten?
If I played the part just right
Could I hold what they leave each night?
I try so hard to wear their skin
But I know now love shouldn't hurt to win
I dressed myself in what they crave
Caught your gaze like I wasn't there
I break myself to make you stay
But nothing I give takes their place away
I tell myself it's not too late
But I'm turning into their design
And I wonder if you'd break for me
If I bled their identity
I'm not them, but would I be enough?
Or would love still feel this rough?
I see the damage they left behind
And try to heal it with what's mine
I try so hard to wear their skin
But I was always enough.