Lyrics
[Intro] [Soft piano] [Breath close to mic, Transatlantic accent] Do you love me... or the ribbon? Do you hold me... or the shape I’m in? [Verse 1] Little paws on a giant stage Tiny body, velvet cage Black and white in satin skin Smile so small beneath the fringe I learned early how to hide Make a costume out of divide One side dark and one side light Both still crying every night [Pre-Chorus] Can you hear me when I disappear? Can you find me under all this hair? [Chorus] I am half of me Half you’ll never see Dancing in a silhouette Begging not to forget Tie me up in pretty bows Paint me where the sadness shows If I break, then let it be You were loving half of me [Post-Chorus] Half of me... Half of me... [Verse 2] Tiny throne and giant head Thoughts too loud inside my chest Everybody wants the art Nobody asks the little heart Soft white fur and hidden eyes Perfect pose and perfect lies If I’m precious, if I’m strange Would you stay when I have changed? [Pre-Chorus] Can you hear me when I disappear? Can you find me under all this fear? [Chorus] I am half of me Half you’ll never see Dancing in a silhouette Begging not to forget Tie me up in pretty bows Paint me where the sadness shows If I break, then let it be You were loving half of me [Bridge] [Drums drop out] [Whisper] Cut the ribbon... split the seam... There’s a real thing underneath the dream... [Build] [Percussion rises] [Choir stacks] If I shake If I scream If I ruin your machine— [Final Chorus] I am all of me Even what you flee Even tears and awkward grace Even every hidden place Black and white and bruised and free Nothing left to edit clean If you stay then finally You are loving all of me [Outro] [Piano + distant vocal layers] All of me... All of me... Not half... All of me...