i am a perilous cliff
standing proudly
against the crashing waves

i am a satelite
gravitating to some
light greater than myself

i am a princess
on the way to my throne
destined for more than this

i am a bride
fiercely loved and possessed
a fragile beauty enclosed

identity can't lie in these voices
not even in my own
there's only one label i can cling to to survive
and it's the only thing that's true

that somehow
in this shameful state
in this fading body
in this album of memories

i am captivating
i have a heart in me
and it's worth something precious
and it can't live bound in pain and shame