Dancing around like a ghost
In the shade of the trees, you never know
Every word but a whisper, if I'm heard then I'll make my great escape
I recall being twelve in the backseat of my mothers Chevrolet
Took our cat to die, forgot to ask for my tongue back
I watch the world with quiet eyes
And they're mine, mine, all mine
So I'm fine, fine, just shy
Voice made of glass, though it felt
Every sound was led to death upon my lips
Those little moments where I said, I deserve to exist, I am well
All those years that I felt were lost in the chambers of my breath
Was only time to think, and listen to the world and what it said
I watch the world with quiet eyes
And they're mine, mine, all mine
So I'm fine, fine, just shy
When every word is chained down within the depths
Or is it only just a conversation with yourself
I watch the world with quiet eyes
And they're mine, mine, all mine
So I'm fine, fine, just shy
I watched my bones step out from within my skin
Like a butterfly from a cocoon
The way they waltzed out of my room
Shadowed eyes bright as mine ever were
The clacking of skeletal limbs dancing upon the concrete
Saw a fairy pass by my window
An elegant light illuminating every strand of hair
Or maybe she looked through me
I was only a withered collection of flesh
She laughed and winked at me
from the bones that once inhabited my body
In scribbled handwriting it said
"I'm much better in my new skin"
"Thank you for everything"