Under My Skin

Verse

The house learned how to whisper my name

Through cracked walls and slammed doors

I grew up counting footsteps

Like prayers pressed into the floor

Every smile was borrowed time

Every laugh felt out of place

I learned real early how to disappear

Without leaving a trace

Pre-chorus

They said, “You’re strong for your age”

Like that was a gift, not a scar

I carried silence in my chest

Like a loaded, rusted heart

Chorus

I’m made of nights I couldn’t sleep

And words I never said

Of memories that breathe too loud

When I lay in bed

If you hear a ghost when I sing

Yeah, that’s just where I’ve been

I survived what tried to break me

But it still lives under my skin

Verse

Photographs don’t tell the truth

They crop out the fear

They don’t show the shaking hands

Or why I flinch when you get near

I learned how to read the room

Before I learned my lines

I was busy staying alive

While the world kept moving on in time

Pre-chorus

I don’t talk about the past

‘Cause it talks back too loud

Some doors stay closed for a reason

Some storms don’t need clouds

Chorus

I’m made of nights I couldn’t sleep

And tears I learned to hide

Of broken things I stitched together

Just to say I tried

If my voice sounds hollow now

It’s ‘cause echoes never lie

I survived what tried to end me

But it still asks me why

Bridge

I don’t need saving

I just need space

To lay these memories

Down in their place

I’m not my damage

I’m not my pain

I’m just a kid who learned too much

Too soon, too plain

Chorus

I’m made of scars you cannot see

But they glow in the dark

Every wound turned constellation

Etched into my heart

So if I sound sad when I sing

It’s not weakness—it’s truth

I’m still here, I’m still breathing

And that’s the bravest thing I do

Outro

The past still hums like a low-key song

But I’m learning to change the tune