A Hope Worth Losing - Withered Bones

We force ourselves to ignore our own potential

That lives under our skin

It’s okay to feel this way

Please stop romanticizing the grave

I know it’s hard

It’s never been easy for anyone around you

But it’s out of our hands, and nobody tries to understand

Seven years, going on eight

That I’ve felt the weight of standards

False preconceived understanding of my identity

Now I’m stuck in a lie that I told myself for my whole life

«Your hair is too long, your clothes are too tight.»

God I need, I need something

Can you promise me

That if Hell comes for me

You’ll tell that boy he’s the one for me?

Cause he’s the closest thing to heaven that I’ll see

We force ourselves to ignore internal beauty

That dwells under our skin

It’s okay to feel this way

Please stop romanticizing the grave

I know it’s hard not being loved for who you truly are

Don’t expect them to understand

If you don’t want to be a man

Trickle from my skin, I’m caving

(Be a man, Be a man, Man up, Man up, Be a man)

Can’t feel a thing, I’m escaping

(Be a man, Be a man, Man up, Man up, Be a man)

Some may say that you’ve lost your way

As if it was a choice, not to be straight

Trickle from my skin, I’m escaping

Cutting off my hair, I’m caving

Someone go and tell that boy

That I’m sorry for what I’ve done

Afraid of my own feelings

When I knew that it was love

Miserable, terrified, I crossed out all of my exes

Straight, white, and privileged

But still something was missing