pieces no one sae

I held myself together with pieces no one saw
Smiling through the damage while fighting every flaw
I gave my heart to people who only came for light
But disappeared the second I was losing every fight
Every late-night mirror felt like facing someone else
Trying to save everybody while I couldn’t save myself
And every “you’ll be okay” just echoed in my head
Like words can stop a soul from hanging by a thread

Now I keep my pain quiet, bottle every scar
Acting like I’m healing when I’m broken where you are

People say “stay strong” like that fixes what I hide
But broken things get left behind the moment that they crack too wide
So I sit with all these pieces tryna build what still remains
Asking if anybody could love me through this pain
Could they hold me at my worst
Not just when my skies are blue
Would they stay when all my scars
Start bleeding through the truth
’Cause I’m tired of pretending
That I’m okay again
When every shattered part of me
Still aches beneath my skin

I learned how to fake laughter so nobody would know
How heavy all this emptiness can get inside my soul
And every time I opened up, I watched somebody leave
Now trusting feels like drowning in the things I still believe
I’m exhausted from surviving every single day alone
Building walls so high around a heart that still wants home

Yeah I keep my pain quiet, hide it in the dark
But silence only teaches broken souls to fall apart

People say “stay strong” like that fixes what I hide
But broken things get left behind the moment that they crack too wide
So I sit with all these pieces tryna build what still remains
Asking if anybody could love me through this pain
Could they hold me at my worst
Not just when my skies are blue
Would they stay when all my scars
Start bleeding through the truth
’Cause I’m tired of pretending
That I’m okay again
When every shattered part of me
Still aches beneath my skin

Maybe I’m not hopeless
Maybe I’m just bruised
Maybe hearts can still be worthy
Even after being used
And maybe all these fractures
Don’t make me less to love
Maybe somebody out there
Will think these pieces are enough

People say “stay strong” and maybe someday I just might
But right now I’m still learning how to make it through the night
Still holding all these pieces, still afraid of what remains
Still hoping somebody could love me through this pain
Yeah I’m broken but I’m breathing
And somehow that means something still
So I’ll keep putting back the pieces
Even if they never heal.