You still pull down my sleeves

You still put makeup on

So everyone would think

I′m fine and nothing's wrong

I buried all the pain

You still feel so ashamed

Of all the things I′ve wrote

About myself with razor blades

But I kept holding on

Until the final page

Survive the story

Cause the ending changes everything

And now I wear my scars just like tattoos

Because I'm so damn proud of what they put me through

I learned without a doubt every mark that

Makes you feel worthless

Can give you a purpose

And now I wear my scars just like tattoos

Cause I'm a miracle, every cut is proof

Another chapter written in the story

What couldn′t kill me made me something so brave

I wear ′em like tattoos

I've held my story down

I′ve swallowed every scream

Thought if I wasn't fake

They′d think that I'm a freak

I buried all the pain

You still feel so ashamed

Until I learned that you can′t change the past

Just choose the frame

So I'll keep writing songs

Until they know my name

Cause there's a kid out there that′s hearing this

That′s in that place

And now I wear my scars just like tattoos

Because I'm so damn proud of what they put me through

I learned without a doubt every mark that

Makes you feel worthless

Can give you a purpose

And now I wear my scars just like tattoos

Cause I′m a miracle, every cut is proof

Another chapter written in the story

What couldn't kill me made me something so brave

I wear ′em like tattoos

No more dysmorphia, I will not grieve

The darkest days that made a masterpiece

I choose to celebrate what made me me

Cause a heart of gold, no it don't come cheap

And this heart of gold′s one the world will need

And now I wear my scars just like tattoos

Because I'm so damn proud of what they put me through

I learned without a doubt every mark that

Makes you feel worthless

Can give you a purpose

And now I wear my scars just like tattoos

Cause I'm a miracle, every cut is proof

Another chapter written in the story

What couldn′t kill me made me something so brave

I wear ′em like tattoos