Animate Lyrics

How do you

Make me feel human

As if I've always been

For I've only felt

Like an object

Made to be inanimate

Oh I've only ever been

A body on the shelf

Asking permission

Just to be myself

So when you came along

And you said

You want to know

Who I am

I told you use your imagination

And then you can

I know that's not what

You asked of me

You want to know

The mind behind my body

But if I'm being honest

I don't know who they are

Oh no one's ever asked

For my heart

Why would you want

The most broken part

When I've only ever been

A body on the shelf

Asking permission

Just to be myself

So when you came along

And you said

You want to know

Who I am

So I told you to

Use your imagination

And then you can

And so you came to me

With needle and thread

As I prepared for the worst

Expecting the stitching

Of your idea

I waited for it hurt

But what you did next

It surprised me

Pulling gently at my seams

You found everything

That was broken

And stitched me up carefully

So when I'd only ever been

A body on the shelf

Asking permission

Just to be myself

You came along

And you said

You don't need an imagination

Because you love

When I animate who I am

So can I learn

How to animate who I am