Fingers in Time

I wear a smile like a borrowed coat

Button it up so nobody knows

I learn the shape of the words they need Give them my

hands when they cannot breathe

I say, "I'm fine,"

and I make it sound true

While every quiet room leads back to you

I'm hiding behind a mask again

Being everybody's everything

I hold the pieces,

I help them mend But who will hold me when the daylight

ends?

Then you reach through the cracks I made

Say, "You don't have to be unafraid"

And for the first time,

I let it fall You say everything will be okay

I know every secret they never say

I turn their midnight into brighter days

But I keep my own

where the shadows grow

Afraid if I stop,

they'll let me go

I say, "I'm fine," with a practiced smile

You hear the tremor underneath the line

Maybe the strongest thing I can do Is let somebody see the

truth No perfect face,

no borrowed role

Just all the hurt I couldn't show

I'm stepping out from behind the mask No more carrying what I

can't unpack I held the pieces,

I helped them mend Now you're here to hold me when the

daylight ends And if tomorrow still feels gray I'll hear your voice

and I'll find my way I don't have to fix it all

You say

everything will be okay

Everything

will be okay I can breathe beneath my skin

Let the light come slowly in