"The Way We Want To Be Seen" lyrics

I wear a face cut from your skin
Stapled tight so you let me in
White pearl teeth and an empty stare
Say I'm fine, say I'm going somewhere
Every word is a loaded gun
Pointed back at what I've become
If I bleed in a way you like
Will you love me when I die?

I learned early to shape my name
Bend my limits to fit your frame
Sand me down till the splinters stop
Smile wide while the insides rot
Every word is a plea
Take this version of me
If I twist it to what you need
Will you finally let me breathe?

Under lights I'm a perfect ghost
Say the lines that you love the most
But a static is creeping through
There's a scream in the things I do
If I tear off the borrowed mask
Show the scars it was never you
Will you turn when the paint runs off
When the real me shines through?

Don't wanna be perfected
Don't wanna be reassured and infected
By the poison in your hands
Just want you to see me stand
I gave you my core, the messy truth
The heartache I could not confess to you
Will you stay when my light dies out
When you finally figure me out?