Eight

Primeira Parte I remember the minute It was like a switch was flipped I was just a kid   who grew up strong enough To pick this armor up And suddenly it fit   God that was so long ago long ago long ago I was little I was weak perfectly naive And I grew up too quick Refrão Now you won’t see all that I have to lose And all I’ve lost in the fight to protect it I won’t let you in I swore never again I can’t afford no I refuse to be rejected Segunda Parte I want to break these bones ’til they’re better I want to break them right and feel alive You were wrong you were wrong you were wrong My healing needed more than time When I see   fragile things helpless things broken things I see the familiar I was little I was weak I was perfect too Now I’m a broken mirror Refrão But I can’t let you see all that I have to lose All I’ve lost in the fight to protect it I can’t let you in- I swore never again I can’t afford to let myself be blindsided Terceira Parte I’m standing guard I’m falling apart And all I want is to trust you Show me how to lay my sword down For long enough to let you through Here I am pry me open What do you want to know? I’m just a kid who grew up scared enough To hold the door shut And bury my innocence But here’s a map here’s a shovel Here’s my achilles’ heel Ponte I’m all in palms out I’m at your mercy now and I’m ready to begin I am strong I am strong I am strong enough to let you i-----n Quarta Parte I’ll shake the ground with a-a-ll my might I will pull my whole heart up to the surface For the innocent for the vulnerable I’ll show up on the front lines with a purpose And I’ll give all I have I’ll give my blood I’ll give my sweat- An ocean of tears will spill for what is broken I’m shattered porcelain glued back together again Invincible like I’ve never be---en