heavy in my skin

Elliot Bush
03:242025-07-2356
metal,angry,male vocal
[Intro] 
 0:00
(Verse 1) 
 0:16
I wear a mask to hide the breaking 
 0:16
Dragging all this sorrow, shaking 
 0:19
Trying to fill the holes in smile after smile 
 0:21
But the whispers in my head stretch miles 
 0:25
I’ve learned the silence only kills me 
 0:31
You don’t know how to listen still, see 
 0:35
I’m locked inside a head full of regrets 
 0:37
Words I said I can’t forget 
 0:40
(Pre-Chorus) 
 0:46
I’m crawling in my skin, these wounds will never heal 
 0:46
Fighting just to breathe, just trying to feel 
 0:52
(Chorus) 
 0:58
Why is everything so heavy? I’m holding on 
 0:58
Carrying burdens way beyond what I’m meant to own 
 1:03
Got scars I can’t show, shame I can’t let go 
 1:08
I’m still breathing, but just barely so 
 1:13
(Verse 2) 
 1:21
I’m not what they expect me to be 
 1:21
Trying to fit in won't set me free 
 1:24
Trying to perfect a version I can't live 
 1:31
Who I am—they just won’t forgive 
 1:36
The pressure builds, I'm losing feeling 
 1:41
Can't escape this wound—it's healing 
 1:47
Thought I could survive by blending in 
 1:52
But inside I'm fractured under skin 
 1:55
(Bridge) 
 2:03
Every day I feel less enough 
 2:03
Caught between the “just fit in” and “be tough” 
 2:08
And the silence: it's a heavy weight 
 2:12
Yet if I break down now, it's not too late 
 2:17
(Chorus Reprise) 
 2:24
Why must my heart feel so heavy? I’m still here 
 2:24
Dragging shame that never disappears 
 2:30
I’m a survivor in more ways than you’ll know 
 2:35
Still breathing... even when I’m lowThe only way out’s through, James Baldwin said it true 
 2:40
Our hearts are made for breaking, Wilde whispers too 
 2:57
Through the scars and pressure, I'll claim what’s mine 
 3:07
I may not be perfect—but I will survive 
 3:12
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