I held the line, I held my breath

Built a fire out of what I had left

Choked on the smoke of every “you’ll be fine”

Painted on a grin, wore it like a spine

Clocked in heartsick, clocked out sore

Gave more than I ever bargained for

Said yes so loud I forgot my name

Now all I feel is frayed and flame

And it’s not like anyone sees

These battlefields inside of me

I’ve got hollow hands, empty palms

No more magic, no more calm

Pulled too far from where I stand

I tried to hold it all, I can’t

But don’t you dare say I was weak

There’s a cost to being everything

And if I vanish where I land

Remember me with hollow hands

I used to dream in color bright

Now I sleepwalk through neon nights

All the mirrors lie or look away

All the noise won’t let me pray

Cracks run through my old resolve

Like brittle glass I can’t dissolve

I’m not broken, just bone-thin

From holding back the flood within

I never asked to be the light

I just burned to make things right

I’ve got hollow hands, paper skin

Echoes crawling deep within

Gave too much to understand

What I became when I began

But don’t you dare say I was wrong

To stand for others that long

And if I fade into the sand

Let me go with hollow hands

And maybe I’ll be found again

In a whisper, not the wind

Some things aren’t meant to stay

But they leave fingerprints anyway

Hollow hands, but heart intact

I’d give again, no looking back

Not all ghosts are made of pain

Some are just the ones who gave

So don’t you dare forget my name

Don’t you dare forget I came

To bear the weight you couldn’t stand

I held it all

With hollow hands