City of Glass

[Intro] (Spoken) There is a city made of glass Towers stretched into a pale sky veins of light running through them every window lit every room exposed every movement reflected back until nothing belongs to itself anymore Everyone watches [Verse 1] Eyes through walls shadows pacing behind transparent skin watching each other bend watching each other break quietly learning the shape of pain without ever touching it I see you through six floors of polished silence your hands against the frame your mouth moving like prayer or warning I cannot tell [Chorus] You see me too But only the version the glass allows Flat clean contained The city teaches you this Hold it in keep the pressure balanced do not strike the walls do not scream too loud do not let the cracks spread Because glass remembers everything [Verse 2] Every impact every weakness every place your weight gave out I keep my grief in the foundation buried under steel under concrete under rooms no one enters It groans at night Low enough to feel in the bones like the whole structure shifting trying to settle around what it cannot carry Sometimes I want to break it [Chorus] You see me too But only the version the glass allows Flat clean contained The city teaches you this Hold it in keep the pressure balanced do not strike the walls do not scream too loud do not let the cracks spread Because glass remembers everything [Verse] (Spoken) Put my fist through the walls let the cold air flood in let the sky collapse into the room let everyone see what lives underneath But glass does not break clean It splinters It turns confession into shrapnel turns release into injury cuts everyone standing too close And when the walls are gone there is no shelter left No warmth, no barrier nothing between skin and weather Just the open ruin [Chorus] You see me too But only the version the glass allows Flat clean contained The city teaches you this Hold it in keep the pressure balanced do not strike the walls do not scream too loud do not let the cracks spread Because glass remembers everything [Outro] (Spoken) In our clear cages watching each other drown in silence mistaking visibility for truth A city where everyone is seen And no one is known Waiting for the first crack Waiting for someone to decide that breaking... ...is worth the bleeding