Chipped Porcelain

[Intro]
[Verse]
Steam rises from the chipped mug
Giving every nerve a tug
Hiding in a hollow hug
Falling for the same drug
The silence is a heavy weight
I’m running out of time to hate
Locked inside a broken gate
Accepting this unhappy fate
[Pre-Chorus]
Reach inside my denim sleeve
Touch the ghost I can't leave
Everything I still believe
Nothing left for me to grieve
[Chorus]
I’m wearing this plastic grin
Hiding all the rot within
Trying hard to let you in
Where the darker days begin
Yeah, I’m paper thin
Underneath my second skin
[Hook]
Crumpled photo in my hand
Buried in the shifting sand
Everything I never planned
In a broken, hollow land
[Break]
[Verse]
Fluorescent lights in aisle four
I don’t want to look no more
Pacing on the cold floor
Heading for the exit door
“Doing great, yeah, life is good”
Living like I know I should
Misunderstood in the neighborhood
Knock on all the rotting wood
[Pre-Chorus]
Reach inside my denim sleeve
Touch the ghost I can't leave
Everything I still believe
Nothing left for me to grieve
[Chorus]
I’m wearing this plastic grin
Hiding all the rot within
Trying hard to let you in
Where the darker days begin
Yeah, I’m paper thin
Underneath my second skin
[Bridge]
It’s a long way down
When you’re in this town
Watch the hero drown
In a heavy gown
I can’t hold the line
Stop saying I’m fine
Everything is a design
Waiting for a holy sign
[Solo]
[Chorus]
I’m wearing this plastic grin
Hiding all the rot within
Trying hard to let you in
Where the darker days begin
Yeah, I’m paper thin
Underneath my second skin
[Post-Chorus]
Yeah, I’m paper thin
Let the dark begin
Yeah, I’m paper thin
Underneath my skin
[Outro]