Shh Can you hear it They think I don't feel But I do I remember They stitched my smile across my face Painted calm I can't erase Glass eyes wide, forever bright But I am screaming every night They curled my hair with careful hands Turned my bones to plastic strands Sat me gently on a throne Told me you'll never be alone But lonely echoes in my chest A hollow knock that will not rest Something human, buried deep That never learned how not to weep If I crack, will I feel pain Or does porcelain break in vain Why does my chest still try to beat When I was told I'm incomplete I wanna be normal again I want blood inside my veins I want bruises that can heal I want something real I wanna be made of flesh once more Not polished skin and factory core Pull these strings out of my spine This painted smile isn't mine They placed me high upon a shelf A perfect doll, devoid of self Children laugh and hold me tight But they don't hear me cry at night Down the hall, I hear them move Other toys that never improve Whispers crawling through the air We were alive, that isn't fair Dust collects along my dress But I remember tenderness Warm hands, a beating heart Before they tore my world apart My joints creak softly in the dark Like something's trying to restart A memory I shouldn't keep A soul that plastic couldn't sleep I wanna be normal again I wanna feel the cold and rain I wanna fall and scrape my knees Not stand here frozen endlessly I wanna be made of flesh once more Not hollow echoes at my core Rip the stitches from my grin Let the real me crawl from within If you cut me open wide You won't find stuffing inside You'll find a name I used to know A life they buried long ago You think that dolls don't cry at all Then why are there stains along the wall It isn't water It isn't glue It's something red Breaking through Sometimes my fingers twitch alone Not controlled by gears or tone It's like my body's trying to say I wasn't always made this way I hear a voice that calls my name Not the one they print for fame Another name, soft and small The one I had before the fall I'm not a doll I wasn't born this way Give me back my skin Let me decay I wanna be normal again I wanna breathe without this hiss I wanna scream without this grin I wanna exist I wanna be made of flesh once more With scars that mean something real Not trapped inside eternal shine Pretending I don't feel If you hear tiny footsteps behind you Don't turn around It might just be a doll Or maybe It's someone trying to remember How to be human again