[Verse 1]

I twisted my words just to make you laugh

I bent my spine in half for nothing but scraps

Played dress-up games in a burning house

Said "this is fine" with a broken mouth

They say if you're lonely, you're probably "wrong"

But I've been the echo in their perfect songs

Fake smiles, cheap thrills, golden cages

I read all their lines but forgot the pages

[Pre-Chorus]

Is it crazy to say I don’t want their world?

Is it madness to fall when their flags unfurl?

If I’m wrong for refusing to crawl to belong

I’ll build my own kingdom all on my own

But who's the one who's truly walking alone?

[Chorus]

I don't want a role on your stage of horrors

Your spotless dеcay, your glittering gore

If it costs me thе truth, you can keep your parade

I'd rather be no one than someone you've made

Rather be no one than someone you've made

[Verse 2]

I sharpened my voice till it wouldn't scream

Cut out the colors they said were obscene

Wore my own skin like a stranger's coat

Chasing connection in a leaky boat

They say if you hate it, the fault is yours

But I tried their doors till my hands were of sorts

Knocked till the bones in my fists went numb

Turns out some songs aren't meant to be sung

[Pre-Chorus]

Is it crazy to dream of a place that's clean?

Where I don’t have to carve out my heart to be seen?

If I’m cursed for refusing to play their charades

Then I'll wear my own ruin like royalty's shade

Keep being a pawn in this game that you've made

[Chorus]

I don't want a role on your stage of horrors

Your spotless decay, your glittering gore

If it costs me the truth, you can keep your parade

I'd rather be no one than someone you've made

Rather be no one than someone you've made

[Bridge]

I wanna be loved, but not by their ghosts

I wanna be heard, but not by their jokes

I wanna belong, but not to a lie

Is that really asking too much to try?

Or maybe it is

Maybe it is

So I’ll stay here, misshapen amiss

To the part of myself they couldn't erase

With my crooked smile and my ugly grace

[Chorus]

I don't want a role on your stage of horrors

Your spotless decay, your glittering gore

If it costs me the truth, you can keep your parade

I'd rather be no one than someone you've made

Rather be no one than someone you've made

[Outro]

A double edged sword on the tip of the blade

I'd rather be no one than someone you made

Falling apart in this game that you play

I'd rather be no one

Than like you, anyway