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