I can feel it underneath Beneath the skin, beneath the grief Silence lives inside my chest Like it built a home in my ribcage Every word I never said Still echoes in an empty frame Pressure bending bone and will Hairline cracks I try to hide I wear the weight like armor still But it's collapsing from inside Strip me down to what is true Past the blood and past the bruise Break me open to the marrow Let the hollow speak its name If there's something left worth saving Dig it out from all this pain Cut me down to bare essentials No more flesh to shield the shame If I'm nothing but the marrow Then at least I know I'm real Every fracture tells a story Of the nights I couldn't stand Every scar becomes a warning Etched in calcium and sand I've been building walls of silence Calcified by slow decay If the core is still defiant Why am I afraid to change? Peel away the outer shell If there's truth, it's buried well Crack Under the pressure Split Under the weight I won't rot beneath the surface I won't fossilize in fear Break me open to the marrow Let the hollow speak its name If there's something left worth saving Dig it out from all this pain Cut me down to bare essentials No more flesh to shield the shame If I'm nothing but the marrow Then at least I know I'm real Break me open Break me open To the marrow Underneath it all Something still remains