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Second Skin

Female Vocal Melodic Dubstep
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[Intro]
I stitched a showroom smile under flickering light,
Wore “I’m fine” like powder, hiding the bite.

[Verse 1]
Teeth on the edge of a practiced grin,
Glue on my tongue from the second skin.
I nod on cue so the tremor won’t win,
Shelf-safe answers till the room goes dim.

[Build]

[Chorus]
I kept the peace by turning steel-thin,
Bright-paper smile pulled tight at the pin.
Will you watch while I unhook every false little grin,
Catch every button as my armor gives in?
Look at the me underneath the porcelain —
I'm peeling the fine right off my skin

[Drop]

[Verse 2]
Midnights stapled to the corners of my mouth,
Rope-burned cheeks from holding the edges up.
Receipts of surviving inked in my palms,
Half-moons scored where my nails got stuck.
If you don’t run when the noise gets in,
Maybe I can let the seams unpin.

[Build 2]

[Chorus 2]
Let the lacquer crack along the grin,
Let air rush cold through the places worn thin.
Say you won’t flinch when the red shows through,
Say the truth is a color you’ll keep looking into.
If you stay when I’m shaking and the mask falls in —
I'm peeling the fine right off my skin

[Drop 2]

[Breakdown]
You don’t fix my face; you say my name instead.
You set the smile down softly at the end of the bed.
I breathe like it’s borrowed, and you don’t let go.

[Final Build]

[Final Drop]

[Outro]
You stayed when it split, let the air rush in.
I'm peeling the fine right off my skin.

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