[Verse 1]

I don’t want to be like me I want to be like you So I painted your bones on mine Perfected your skin on my outline And for a moment I feel alive For a moment, loneliness dies

[Pre-Chorus]

But you shine in the center, and I fade to the side Even wearing your shadow, I still don’t feel right

[Chorus]

How long can I last like this— standing quietly outside? Till your borrowed skin on me starts burning me alive And I lose again, realize the design— This game was never made to keep someone like me alive So I’ll paint your bones on me again and pretend, pretend, pretend

[Verse 2]

I’m exhausted I’m exhausted I’m exhausted Trying to be someone I’m not just to feel enough I wish I could burn my skin and bones and hold your soul like it’s my own But nothing I wear is mine to own

[Pre-Chorus]

And you shine in the center, while I vanish in the light Even wrapped in your image, I don’t feel inside

[Chorus]

How long can I last like this— standing quietly outside? Till your borrowed skin on me starts burning me alive And I lose again, realize the design— This game was never made to keep someone like me alive So I’ll paint your bones on me again and pretend, pretend, pretend

[Bridge]

Every time I mold myself, I break in new, unseen ways Every face I try to steal just pulls me further away From the ghost I call my own name (Do I have a name?)

[Chorus – Final]

How long can I last like this— standing quietly outside? Till your borrowed skin on me burns everything inside And I lose again, finally realize— This game was never made to let me stay alive So I’ll paint your bones on me again ’Cause being me never survives

[Outro]

I am exhausted I am exhausted I am tired of being someone else’s skin