Is it possible to let somebody who's never lived in your skin Tell you how to live, how to feel, how to be yourself Is it possible to let somebody who's never walked in your shoes Tell you how you to embrace yourself, live your numbered days Oh the truth is that they will never, never give you breath Oh the truth is that they will never, never give you breath So wrap your arms around yourself and be ok Is it possible to run away from every need to compare By raising others up, while pulling ourselves down Is it possible to finally accept what you are Who you are, and the grace and curse we're meant to bear Oh but the truth is that they will never give you breath So wrap your arms around yourself and be ok What if you don't look a certain way And what if your skin is a shade too different What if your body curves in all kinds of ways Tell me who holds the truth about who you are? Oh the truth is that they will never give you breath So wrap your arms around yourself and be ok