Lyric

I laughed before the room could ask

I kept my answers light

I learned the safest kind of small

And wore it through the night

My hands were cold beneath the table

My voice knew where to bend

I made a joke before the silence

Could tell them where I end

There was a tremor in the fabric

A warning in my skin

I could feel the truth move closer

So I tucked it back again

Sleeves I kept pulling down

Over every nervous part

Over words I almost said

Over proof I had a heart

I looked calm enough to love

Soft enough to keep around

But I was hiding in the motion

Of the sleeves I kept pulling down

You touched my wrist and I went quiet

Like I had done something wrong

Not because your hand was heavy

But because I had stayed small too long

I knew the shape of your apartment

The corner light, the chair

I knew how to disappear gently

And still be standing there

Every question I avoided

Left a mark I could not see

I thought if no one noticed

Then it could not be me

Sleeves I kept pulling down

Over every nervous part

Over words I almost said

Over proof I had a heart

I looked calm enough to love

Soft enough to keep around

But I was hiding in the motion

Of the sleeves I kept pulling down

I am not ashamed of shaking

I am not wrong for needing air

I was trying to stay harmless

In a world that liked me there

Now I leave one wrist uncovered

Let the room see what is true

Not a wound, not a confession

Just a self I never showed to you

Sleeves I kept pulling down

I can loosen them tonight

Not enough to feel fearless

Just enough to feel the light

I looked calm enough to love

Soft enough to keep around

Now I am learning there is no shame

In the hands I kept pulling down

I am learning there is no shame

In the hands I kept pulling down