Eight-Sleeping at Last

[00:00.00]I remember the minute [00:04.62]It was like a switch was flipped [00:07.60]I was just a kid who grew up strong enough [00:11.32]To pick this armor up [00:13.04]And suddenly it fit [00:18.00]God, that was so long ago, long ago, long ago [00:27.21]I was little, I was weak and perfectly naive [00:31.35]And I grew up too quick [00:35.97]Now you won't see all that I have to lose [00:41.45]And all I've lost in the fight to protect it [00:47.54]I won't let you in, I swore never again [00:53.31]I can't afford, no, I refuse to be rejected [01:02.17]I want to break these bones 'til they're better [01:07.40]I want to break them right and feel alive [01:11.88]You were wrong, you were wrong, you were wrong [01:14.62]My healing needed more than time [01:20.19]When I see fragile things, helpless things, broken things [01:28.50]I see the familiar [01:30.74]I was little, I was weak, I was perfect, too [01:33.93]Now I'm a broken mirror [01:38.01]But I can't let you see all that I have to lose [01:44.41]All I've lost in the fight to protect it [01:50.25]I can't let you in, I swore never again [01:56.37]I can't afford to let myself be blindsided [02:03.08]I'm standing guard, I'm falling apart [02:09.16]And all I want is to trust you [02:15.22]Show me how to lay my sword down [02:20.84]For long enough to let you through [02:27.34]Here I am, pry me open [02:31.36]What do you want to know? [02:35.08]I'm just a kid who grew up scared enough [02:38.35]To hold the door shut [02:40.81]And bury my innocence [02:45.16]But here's a map, here's a shovel [02:49.44]Here's my Achilles' heel [02:54.53]I'm all in, palms out [02:56.52]I'm at your mercy now and I'm ready to begin [03:03.24]I am strong, I am strong, I am strong enough to let you in [03:14.93]I'm a shake the ground with all my might [03:20.44]And I will pull my whole heart up to the surface [03:26.77]For the innocent, for the vulnerable [03:32.26]And I'll show up on the front lines with a purpose [03:38.35]And I'll give all I have, I'll give my blood, give my sweat [03:44.42]An ocean of tears will spill for what is broken [03:50.35]I'm shattered porcelain, glued back together again [03:56.31]Invincible like I've never been