When I was younger

Never reaching what I want to reach

Everything was scary

Never being who I want to be

I hated school

Blaming me when I fall and fail

Perfection was the only thing acceptable

All my dreams splintering

And my room was the only solace

Under my fingernails, Under my fingernails

From the dark horrors outside

I'm empty, lonely, and accused

Others teased me for my looks, my tears, and words stung like knives,

Accused without a word

Even the elder thought I was a terrible child

My fingernails are chipping down

But then

From clawing in the dirt

I found my savior

I'm so lost, lost and confused

He was perfection

I threw it all away

Skinny, smart, silent, the essence of beauty

How can I be beautiful

And I found myself drowning in his ocean blue eyes.

When I am so afraid

But even then I knew he would never like me

(Chorus repeat)

He was something angelic

I watched it all slip through my hands

I was a hellion, doomed to wallow in depression

My brokenness revealed

And pranks that I did not commit

I'm so proud, I'm so proud

Went against me

I'm crying to be filled

Like tattoos

I'm killing, destroying the plague

Marking me forever.

That's killing me away

Samos made it clear for me not to speak with him

I've got to live, I've got to love

I watched him, though

Like I am unafraid

From afar

(Chorus repeat)

And admired his grace and compassion to all

I'm wasting, wasting every moment

One year passed and still I watched

I want to be tasting

He had grown taller

Tasting every moment with you

And had become muscular

I'm suffering, I'm bleeding, on my knees

From his adventures into the forest

Who's gonna save me?

And his 'secret' training with Isa

Suffering, bleeding

One day

Save me from this pit of frailty

He was in the clearing the forest

(Chorus repeat)

Sitting, and watching the life around him

Never reaching what I want to reach

I stayed hidden

Never being who I want to be

Under the leaves

Blaming me when I fall and fail

Of those

All my dreams splintering

Familiar trees

Under my fingernails

And when he looked up

Never reaching what I want to reach

Our eyes met

Never being who I want to be

And fear ran throughout my body

Blaming me when I fall and fail

My reaction was to run

All my dreams splintering, Under my fingernails

But

All my dreams out of reach

His hand went out towards me

Under my fingernails

And those oceans lit up

Never reaching me

When I took it

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TBC-

Disclaimer: I do not own Fingernails, or Jak and Daxter. If I did, well…