If I could face them

If I could make amends

With all my shadows

I'd bow my head

And welcome them

But I feel it burning

Like when the winter wind

Stops my breathing.

Are you really going to love me

When I'm gone

I fear you won't

I fear you don't.

And it echoes when I breathe

Until all you'll see

Is my ghost

Empty vessel, crooked teeth

Wish you could see

And they call me under

And I'm shaking like a leaf

And they call me under

And I wither underneath

In this storm.

I am a stranger

I am an alien

Inside a structure

Are you really going to love me

When I'm gone

With all my thoughts

And all my faults

I feel it biting

I feel it break my skin

So uninviting.

Are you really going to need me

When I'm gone

I fear you won't

I fear you don't.

And it echoes when I breathe

Until all you see is my ghost

Empty vessel, crooked teeth

Wish you could see

And they call me under

And I'm shaking like a leaf

And they call me under

And I wither underneath

In this storm.

I feel it

And they call me under

And I'm shaking like a leaf

And they call me underneath

To this storm.