Glass On My Tongue

[Verse 1]
I learned to smile on cue
Before I learned to say
That truth can leave a mark
And still I need to say

I held it in my chest
Like coins I couldn't spend
Now every word I dodge
Comes back around again

[Pre-Chorus]
I keep my hands so clean
But my heart stays stained
I build a safer room
Then lock myself in place

One more nod
One more "it's fine"
I swallow whole
What I should define

[Chorus]
Glass on my tongue
Glass on my tongue
I know the hurt it brings
So I bite it done

Glass on my tongue
Glass on my tongue
I'm free in your eyes
But I'm trapped by my own sun

[Verse 2]
I read the room too fast
I taste the shift, I freeze
I soften every edge
Till I can't even breathe

I call it being kind
But it's fear in dress-up clothes
A prison with my name
On every place I go

[Pre-Chorus]
I keep the door unlocked
For everyone but me
I let the whole world in
Then hide the part that's seen

One more nod
One more "okay"
I make a cage
And hand you the key

[Chorus]
Glass on my tongue
Glass on my tongue
I know the hurt it brings
So I bite it done

Glass on my tongue
Glass on my tongue
I'm free in your eyes
But I'm trapped by my own sun

[Bridge]
If I tell you the truth
Will you leave a scar?
If I keep saving you
What happens to my heart?

I don't need a crown
I don't need to win
I just need one brave word
To let the air rush in

[Final Chorus]
Glass on my tongue
Glass on my tongue
I know the hurt it brings
So I bite it done

Glass on my tongue
Glass on my tongue
I can't keep living
In a cage I built from none

Glass on my tongue
Glass on my tongue
Tonight I let it cut
So I can say what I've become