Hollow Skin

Empty walls, they hum in grey
I watch the dust erase my face
Every breath a bitter thread
Every silence louder than the dead

Nails in the wood still whisper low
The cracks remember what I won’t show
Your shadow sleeps beneath my bed
And wakes me screaming in my head

Hollow skin, I wear it thin
The light is gone, but it lives within
Hollow skin, I let you in
And every wound became my hymn

I carved my name into the stone
It bled like fire, but left me whole
You spoke in rust, I swallowed pain
But nothing sacred will remain

Hollow skin, I wear it thin
The light is gone, but it lives within
Hollow skin, I let you in
And every wound became my hymn

There’s no escape from what I keep
The night is shallow, but I sink deep
And though I break, I still pretend
That bones can bend but never end

Hollow skin, I wear it thin
The dark has teeth, but it won’t win
Hollow skin, I let you in
And every scar became my hymn