i’m made in the reflection of the rest
to see and be perceived
it’s a tricky thing to consider what you think of me
i’ll dance within my duality
of what i give, and what i receive
my hopes, my dreams, and the things i want to be
is this really my own identity?
the things i see, or the things you believe?
the days i’m alone, or the one behind the screen

these are the borders of separation
to reject, isolate, communicate
to love, fear, reciprocate
how will i know what it’s like to be close
how can you know what it’s like to be alone
these are the borders of separation

they say the mother is the first other
a soft touch, an innocent love
an emotion not easily found in the father
a living union of their distant harmony
was it ever quite enough?
our sacred three is now a broken trinity
too young to know what was lost
was I ever quite enough?
was I ever quite enough?

these are the borders of separation
to reject, isolate, communicate
to love, fear, reciprocate
how will i know what it’s like to be close
how can you know what it’s like to be alone
these are the borders of separation

i want to slow down, i’ve had enough
i want to find the words to express how i feel
i’m not a singer, i’m not a actor
i’m not a painter, i’m not an dancer
i want to share, but i have nothing to give
everyone moves on, but i stay behind
i want to slow down
i want to be enough

these are the borders of separation
to reject, isolate, communicate
to love, fear, reciprocate
how will i know what it’s like to be close
how can you know what it’s like to be alone
these are the borders of separation

saying it aloud, i feel a bit better
i recognise myself in so many others
life is being alone, together,
than being together, alone

[Verse 1]
Nobody cared about purity in his soul
No one was interested in a heart made of gold
All because his shell didn't reflect his insides
And they were all blinded by the shame of its size

[Pre Chorus 1]
They had him under pressure
Drowned in sweet depression
They made him believe
His flesh was the ink

The cause of his tainted white walls
Overshadowed by these wide halls
He looked to the mirror
And it was all clearer

[Chorus]
He knows he'll reach beauty through pain
And he knows nothing will be in vain
Cause now he can show the beauty he owns
They can see it right through his water bones

Trust in the numbers that show on the ground
Cause happiness is worth a hundred pounds
You can see it through the beauty he shows
The beauty he carries on his water bones

[Verse 2]
Water bones and paper skin
He's got the look of the kings
The way he walks, the way he talks
Won't make you notice the way he starves

Cause he knows how to cover his lies
And he won't let himself to give in
No matter how hard hunger tries
Cause suffering's an easy way to win

[Pre Chorus 2]
He's living under pressure
Guided by depression
And now he believes
His flesh is the ink

Cause he looks to the mirror
And he seems to be nearer
But he's never enough
To receive any love

[Chorus]
He knows he'll reach beauty through pain
And he knows nothing will be in vain
Cause now he can show the beauty he owns
They can see it right through his water bones

Trust in the numbers that show on the ground
Cause happiness is worth a hundred pounds
You can see it through the beauty he shows
The beauty he carries on his water bones

[Bridge]
He becomes unstoppable
In desires of being lovable
I can see him losing his crown
Now that I see him in that gown

He used to come off as tough
Maybe people were too rough
Push him to the edge
Push him until he free-falls

And just as he begun
That's how he ended up
After trying to be lovely
Once again, he stays lonely

But I won't stay still
I'll watch him here
Picking up the pieces
The fragments of what is left of him
Fragments that marked the fall of a king

[Chorus]
He knows he'll reach beauty through pain
And he knows nothing will be in vain
Cause now he can show the beauty he owns
They can see it right through his water bones

Trust in the numbers that show on the ground
Cause happiness is worth a hundred pounds
You can see it through the beauty he shows
The beauty he carries on his water bones