The Cathedral He Built from Cardboard

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Your touch rewires my neural pathways, floods my brain with light,
The synapses that fire when you're near make everything feel right,
My mirror neurons dance to match the rhythm of your soul,
You're the dopamine that floods my cortex, making broken pieces whole.

[Chorus]
You see me beneath the skin, beneath the twisted frame,
You see the constellation burning bright inside my shame,
Your love's the only architecture that makes sense of all this pain,
You see me, just me—and I am never quite the same.
You see me beneath the skin, beneath the twisted frame,
You see the constellation burning bright inside my shame,
Your love's the only architecture that makes sense of all this pain,
You see me, just me—and I am never quite the same.

[Verse 2]
The world averages me into their disgust and fear,
But your amygdala doesn't flinch when I draw near,
You've rewired how I measure worth—no longer by my bones,
You've built a sanctuary where this elephant has home.

[Bridge]
Let them stare at what they cannot understand,
Your cerebellum knows the balance of my hand,
Where others see a monster, you perceive a man,
A constellation burning in the darkness where I stand.

[Chorus]
You see me beneath the skin, beneath the twisted frame,
You see the constellation burning bright inside my shame,
Your love's the only architecture that makes sense of all this pain,
You see me, just me—and I am never quite the same.
You see me beneath the skin, beneath the twisted frame,
You see the constellation burning bright inside my shame,
Your love's the only architecture that makes sense of all this pain,
You see me, just me—and I am never quite the same.

[Outro]
The constellation in your eyes reflects the one I've always been,
Your love's the only proof I need that beauty lives within,
You see me, and the elephant finally goes home.