This is honestly one of my favourites...

A Million Layers/ Living Onion:

Intro:
I've got a story, got a story
It's nothing like you've heard before

Verse-1:
I wake up reluctantly
In no way eager for the rest of the day
I draw on a fake smile
So as to not be the cause of your dismay

Pre-chorus-1:
Yeah, I'm an eccedentesiast
My life is one colossal and continual rollercoaster
Happiness isn't a ritual for me
It is that elusive piece of chocolate elysia, that blue aster

Chorus-1:
Lying about my state
Is but second nature
I'm a living onion
With a million layers

Post-chorus-1:
You try to cut me up
You'll end up crying
This is the real me

Verse-2:
I'm a textbook people-pleaser
I try to be all you'll need, all you'll want, e'erything
But somewhere 'long the way
I messed up, messed up big time, I'm left with nothing

Pre-chorus-2:
Yeah, I'm no role model
I can't do that, can't do this, I'm worth nothing, nothing at all
Don't try to convince me that's false
I know I can be what I can dream of, but I just can't stand up tall

Chorus-2:
Coming up with excuses
Is (but) my second nature
I'm a living onion
With a million layers

Post-chorus-2:
You try to cut me up
You'll end up crying
This is the real me

Rap verse:
I'm an abomination
In the right place
At the wrong time
Forever misunderstood

Love the way you lie?
Nah, I'm not Rihanna
I've got things to do
I'm not worthless, nah

And words to be said
Bubble up in me easily
They don't exit my mouth
However that easily

I'm afraid of messing up big time
Of drowning more than I can stand
Of being beat more than I can bear
Of facing terrible consequences

I'm afraid I'll never be worth more than a speck of dust
I'm not without means to stand up for myself, not at all
But I don't possess the motivation to do so right now
The entire world is suppressing me into a tight sphere

Bridge:
People keep pushing me down
I, I let them, don't know why
I'm always beaten black and blue
I, I stay still, don't know why

My cry for help dies before it reaches my lips
Howls of agony muted by civilization now
All of my emotions and rage like compressed air
Tightly packed away and never meddled with again

Pre-chorus-3:
But when the time comes
I'll rise to the occasion
I'll stand tall and strong
I'll be all I'll ever want

Chorus-3:
Being just who I am
Will be second nature
'Cause I'm a living onion
With a million layers

Post-chorus-3:
You try to cut me up
You'll end up crying
This is the real me

Outro:
The real, nah, not fake
The real, the real me
Genuine, unique
One of a kind, that's me
This is the real me
All facades thrown away
This is the real me

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