She Breathes She Breaks

Verse 1

Nails biting deeper, skin stretches tight

Hidden hunger, hands frozen in fright

Barred breath I won’t show

Crawling within

Metal machinery muffling my thin voice

A single shiver slips down my spine

Buried below, buried and bruised

Nobody knows

Chorus

Evolution in skin, breaking in

I didn’t change who I am

I survived, survived long enough to be her

I survived, I survived

Post-Chorus

She breathes, she breaks, she builds inside

She breathes, she breaks, she builds inside

Verse 2

Fragments fracture, mirror drinks my gaze

Jagged glass, reflections betray

Losing my old shape, losing a name

Unraveling stitches sewn by shame

Time circling sharp as a vulture near

Silent alarms, silent alarms, silent alarms blare

Hiding in closets sewn from fear

Chorus

Evolution in skin, breaking in

I didn’t change who I am

I survived, survived long enough to be her

I survived, I survived

Post-Chorus

She breathes, she breaks, she builds inside

She breathes, she breaks, she builds inside

Bridge

Alchemy flows in veins of flame

Hormones hum, humming my claim

Finally, chemical truth outpaces the lie

Bones shape their home, hope in my eyes

Verse 3

World glaring, world grabbing at the cracks

Push me out, push me back

But it’s my turn to name, to burn their doubt

My body, my soul — alive, alive now

Feminine fire found in scars

Reborn, reborn, under a billion stars

Chorus

Evolution in skin, breaking in

I didn’t change who I am

I survived, survived long enough to be her

Post-Chorus

She breathes, she breaks, she builds inside

She breathes, she breaks, she builds inside

Outro

Becoming whole, never different

Stone turns to light, light turns to skin

Evolution in skin

I survived, survived

I survived long enough to be her