Trapped Inside My Skin

[Verse - exhausted]
I wake up worn, like I’ve been chased all night inside my sleep,
The room lies still ... yet in my head I’m digging way too deep.

My thoughts outrun the morning, drawing shadows over me ...
so I freeze at every threshold, fearing all that might yet be.

Through tainted glass, I watch life pass, locked, unable to unfold,
while others bloom in places where my roots refuse to hold.

[Pre-Chorus - helpless]
I’m just a voiceless passenger, surrendered to the flow;
caught in a blackened current, that keeps dragging me below.

[Chorus - powerful]
I'm lost,
trapped inside my skin,
in a maze of fear and doubt buried deep within ...
I race through hollow halls, desperate to break free,
but every path I take just circles back to me.

Look closer!!
behind the masquerade,
meet the one whose silent cries
lie hidden in the shade.

[Break]

[Verse - vulnerable]
Marooned onstage, I'm forced to move without a script,
as the crowd hunts for my weakness, waiting for me to slip.

So I keep my dreams in whispers, sure the truth will bleed me dry;
I crush each fragile chance before the world can even try.

[Bridge - longing]
With quiet longing, I see the doorways open wide,
yet they shut as I draw near, bolted from the inside ...

[Pre-Chorus - self-loathing]
How I despise myself for running from the ordinary,
for for always lying;

tell me,
what’s a life unlived but a slow and constant dying?

[Chorus - powerful]
I'm lost,
trapped inside my skin,
in a war of fear and doubt raging deep within ...
I'm fighting through the ruins of the story i became.
to break the tyrant hold of dread and shame.

Look closer!!
behind the masquerade,
meet the one who's forced to play
this ongoing charade.

Ooohhooo

[Interlude - emptiness]

[Verse - hopeful]
I’m not asking for a savior to drag me from the dark,

just for someone to strike one stubborn spark.

Don’t treat me like I’m breakable ... just sit with me in silence for a while.
Help me believe I have a place right here,
and mean it when you smile.

[Bridge - weary]
I’m tired of facing walls raised by every scar.
If you hold the light ... reveal a path ...

I can learn to walk that far ...

[Build-Up]
still trembling ... yet here, no longer locked away;

just me, in the moment, letting it come and stay.

[Pre-Chorus - yearning]
I long to claim my life before my days are done ...
to be more than just a shadow,

aching for the sun.

[Final-Chorus - powerful]
I'm lost,
trapped inside my skin,
in a universe of fear and doubt collapsing from within ...
I'll try to break my orbit, trade the spiral for a road,
escape this empty space and drop my heavy load.

Look closer!!
behind the masquerade,
meet the one who dares to change,
the one who will not fade.

No,
I will not fade ...

[End]