Only My Own Skin Remix

Fingers trace the glass-cool mirror

Peeling off the day's veneer

Whisper-soft, the cotton falls

A stranger's dress along the walls

Barefoot on the marble floor

I lock the silence in the door

The moon comes clinical and bright

No romance in its silver light

It sees the part I hide away

The one who made it through the day

Naked in my armor now

Nothing left to keep me bound

(Keep me bound)

Shadows fall and truth begins

Wearing only my own skin

There's a scar above my knee

A map of who I used to be

I trace its edges, warm and slow

The only honest thing I know

No powder hides the weary lines

No silk disguises what's inside

The moon stays clinical and bare

(Stays clinical and bare)

It doesn't flinch, it doesn't care

(It doesn't care)

It just reflects what's always true

The woman standing here is you

Naked in my armor now

Nothing left to keep me bound

(Keep me bound)

Shadows fall and truth begins

Wearing only my own skin

All the names I wore like shields

All the practiced grace

Drift like dust across the sill

Leaving empty space

Silence roars, the mirror cracks

(Ooh)

I hold the clash, I don't turn back

(Don't turn back)

I shed the weight, I let it go

(Ooh)

The ache, the shame, the afterglow

Naked in my armor, see

(Naked in my armor)

Everything I'm meant to be

(Meant to be)

Not the veil, not the disguise

Just the woman in my eyes

(Stripped and still)

Naked in my armor, strong

(Naked in my armor)

Singing my own quiet song

(My quiet song)

Shadows gone and peace begins

Wearing only my own skin

Silk and shadow on the floor

(Ooh)

I don't need them anymore

Silk and shadow… let them fall