Songs of the Broken

Free Of Skin

I wear a face, like an alien disguise

Hiding behind these human eyes

But the smile cracks, the tape gives way

Revealing truths I dare not say

My face peels back, showing bones

A skeleton from a world unknown

Behind the smiles, a monster's grin

Sharped teeth breaking through the skin

Every step, a dance so strange

Keeping up this human charade

Every word, a foreign tongue

Trying to blend, where I don't belong

Don't let my face fall, don't let it show

The fear of what they might know

I'm a stranger in a human shell

Trapped in a story I can not tell

My skin, it hangs, by lines so thin

Barely holding back the strange within

Each piece of flesh falls to the ground

With every drop, an obnoxious sound

My face is slipping, threads unwind

I grasp and cling, to hide my mind

But underneath, the truth remains

A misfit heart with human pains

I tighten the face, try to mend

Hoping this façade won't end

Will they see the creature inside

The one I've worked so hard to hide

Don't let my face fall, don't let it show

The fear of what they might know

I'm a stranger in this human guise

Trying to keep the truth from their eyes

But maybe it's time, to let it go

To show the world what they don't know

To embrace the scars, the flaws, the truth

To find the strength in being true

Don't let my face fall, don't let it show

The fear of what they might know

I'm a stranger in this human form

Trying to conform in a world so torn

Now the truth emerges, skin falls away

Revealing myself, no longer astray

No more hiding, no more disguise

I stand tall, as my face falls, and I ... rise