Marrow
Lowstate
I can feel it underneath
Beneath the skin, beneath the grief
Silence lives inside my chest
Like it built a home in my ribcage
Every word I never said
Still echoes in an empty frame
Pressure bending bone and will
Hairline cracks I try to hide
I wear the weight like armor still
But it's collapsing from inside
Strip me down to what is true
Past the blood and past the bruise
Break me open to the marrow
Let the hollow speak its name
If there's something left worth saving
Dig it out from all this pain
Cut me down to bare essentials
No more flesh to shield the shame
If I'm nothing but the marrow
Then at least I know I'm real
Every fracture tells a story
Of the nights I couldn't stand
Every scar becomes a warning
Etched in calcium and sand
I've been building walls of silence
Calcified by slow decay
If the core is still defiant
Why am I afraid to change?
Peel away the outer shell
If there's truth, it's buried well
Crack
Under the pressure
Split
Under the weight
I won't rot beneath the surface
I won't fossilize in fear
Break me open to the marrow
Let the hollow speak its name
If there's something left worth saving
Dig it out from all this pain
Cut me down to bare essentials
No more flesh to shield the shame
If I'm nothing but the marrow
Then at least I know I'm real
Break me open
Break me open
To the marrow
Underneath it all
Something still remains