You said no one is perfect
I proved it yet again
no one can save this broken world
though I feel the need to try
no one can be perfect
but it's not enough, it never is
I expected something more
something better from myself

But underneath the armor
Lie the flaws I refused to see
If you push deep enough
Look long enough
Eventually you'll find the flaws
That I refuse to see

Everything I touch
falls to dust, falls into pieces
perhaps not at this moment
while I fill your eyes with light
but somehow it will happen
that misguided thought will come
out of nowhere, into nothing
leaving trails of broken things

For underneath the layers
lurks the pain that I can bring
If you search hard enough
Seek far enough
Eventually you'll find the pain
That I didn't know I'd bring

Is there nothing I can touch in this world
that does not fall apart?
Is there nothing I can touch
without twisting it?
No one I can touch
who does not flinch?
Is there?
IS THERE?

Underneath the shields
lurks something
If you cut hard enough
If you pierce deep enough
Eventually it will scream
And you can watch it bleed

If you ever do just walk away
one day, I'll understand.