Eight

I remember the minute
 It was like a switch was flipped
 I was just a kid who grew up strong enough
 To pick this armor up
 And suddenly it fit
 God, that was so long ago, long ago, long ago
 I was little, I was weak and perfectly naive
 And I grew up too quick
 Now you won't see all that I have to lose
 And all I've lost in the fight to protect it
 I won't let you in, I swore never again
 I can't afford, no, I refuse to be rejected
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 I want to break these bones 'til they're better
 I want to break them right and feel alive
 You were wrong, you were wrong, you were wrong
 My healing needed more than time
 When I see fragile things, helpless things, broken things
 I see the familiar
 I was little, I was weak, I was perfect, too
 Now I'm a broken mirror
 But I can't let you see all that I have to lose
 All I've lost in the fight to protect it
 I can't let you in, I swore never again
 I can't afford to let myself be blindsided
 I'm standing guard, I'm falling apart
 And all I want is to trust you
 Show me how to lay my sword down
 For long enough to let you through
 Here I am, pry me open
 What do you want to know?
 I'm just a kid who grew up scared enough
 To hold the door shut
 And bury my innocence
 But here's a map, here's a shovel
 Here's my Achilles' heel
 I'm all in, palms out
 I'm at your mercy now and I'm ready to begin
 I am strong, I am strong, I am strong enough to let you in
 
 I'ma shake the ground with all my might
 And I will pull my whole heart up to the surface
 For the innocent, for the vulnerable
 And I'll show up on the front lines with a purpose
 And I'll give all I have, I'll give my blood, give my sweat
 An ocean of tears will spill for what is broken
 I'm shattered porcelain, glued back together again
 Invincible like I've never been