I look in the mirror, but I don't see my age
Just a ghost of a girl locked inside of a cage
Got this heavy old ache I've been dragging along
Since I was a teen, I've sang the same song
Every time somebody gets a little too close
I hold on too tight 'cause I’m terrified most
that they'll pack up their bags and just walk out the door
like everyone else I’ve been waiting here for
Am I gonna feel this way forever?
praying for a shift in the weather
I wear all my scars like a coat on my sleeve
just craving somebody who isn't gonna leave
they look at my face and I know they can see
there’s a sad little teen still breathing in me
I'm drinking nostalgia like water on ice
living in memories, paying the price
sepia tones on the walls of my brain
I’m guarding the past like I'm guarding the pain
I cage every bird just to hear how it sings
'cause I'm so deeply scared of the flutter of wings
The lies that the darkness has put in my head
are just echoes of tears that I've already shed
I have to let go of the grip on the wheel
to finally feel something different, to heal
I'll take off the coat and I'll learn how to breathe
I will be the someone who isn't gonna leave