Borrowed Skin

Verse 1

I paint a smile every morning

Lipstick on a hollow frame

I laugh when they expect it

Nobody knows my name is just a shell

Pre-Chorus

But underneath the shimmer

There's a room with no light

And I knock and I knock

But nobody's inside tonight

Chorus

I am the hollow and the husk

Wearing warmth like borrowed skin

I am the echo of a heart

Still learning how to beat again

Learning how to beat again

Verse 2

I walk through crowded hallways

Waving hands I do not feel

I've memorized the gestures

Every gesture is a deal I made with me

Pre-Chorus

And the mask is getting heavy

But I'm scared to let it fall

'Cause if they see the nothing

They might not catch me at all

Chorus

I am the hollow and the husk

Wearing warmth like borrowed skin

I am the echo of a heart

Still learning how to beat again

Learning how to beat again

Bridge

Maybe I'm not broken

Maybe I'm just waiting

For the woman in the mirror

To remember she was aching

And that aching means she's living

That the empty can be filled

With the soft and quiet knowing

That I'm still here and I will

Chorus

I am the hollow and the husk

But I'm learning how to feel

I am the echo of a heart

And I'm learning that it's real

Learning that it's real

Outro

Mm

Learning that it's real

Mm-hmm

It's real