(Verse 1)

The silence sits heavy, the air is cold

A story of damage, a narrative bold

The smile put on is just a thin disguise

Can you see the pain behind my eyes?

You talk of the darkness that is thought unseen

But you don't know the shadows built in

You judge the vision, and what's left behind

You're standing here and you are blind.

(Chorus)

Can you see me, the pain, the hurt,

Inflicted by you,

I have scars that run deep,

Scars that are deeper than a knife,

Can you see the damage, the ongoing strife,

The way a story has been carved into life?

(Verse 2)

You twist the narrative, you flip the script around

On this broken, painful, unstable ground

You claim you never said the things you did

Keeping all the truth carefully hid

The voice shakes a little when an attempt is made to speak

You push down when feeling most weak

But the quietness is louder than your shouts

I'm not the one who's blind, to all the doubts.

(Chorus)

Can you see me, the pain, the hurt,

Inflicted by you,

I have scars that run deep,

Scars that are deeper than a knife,

Can you see the damage, the ongoing strife,

The way a story has been carved into life?

(Bridge)

The surface may look calm, a placid, quiet sea

But underneath the waves crash violently

These aren't scratches that time will erase

They are etched into being, into the private space

Maybe one day you'll understand the cost

Of the person you created, the one you think you lost.

(Chorus)

Can you see me, the pain, the hurt,

Inflicted by you,

I have scars that run deep,

Scars that are deeper than a knife,

Can you see the damage, the ongoing strife,

The way a story has been carved into life?

(Outro)

Deeper than a knife.

A story in life.

I’m not the one who’s blind.

The pain is real, the pain is kind.

Can you see me?

(Fade out)