Is This Armor

[Verse 1] Don't know the day it started, can't find where it began No memory of the moment that I built this other man Just woke up one day livin' in a face I don't recall Like the mask grew in the dark and I ain't seen it at all No before, no after, just a fog where it should be Realized one day I'm actin' — but since when, I couldn't see Maybe there was never no beginning to this thing Maybe I've been wearin' it since before I learned to sing [Pre-Chorus] No origin, no evidence, just proof I'm someone else Can't tell if I'm surviving or erasing who I felt [Chorus] IS THIS ME OR IS THIS ARMOR DID I BUILD IT OR DID IT BUILD ME CAN'T REMEMBER WHO I WAS BEFORE THE MASK BECAME THE ONLY FACE I SEE STARING IN THE GLASS AND I'M A STRANGER ASKING QUESTIONS THAT I CAN'T ANSWER WHO'S UNDERNEATH, WHO'S UNDERNEATH (WHO'S UNDERNEATH) [Verse 2] Tried to take it off but my hands forgot the way Fused it on so tight through every single day Everybody claps for the version that I show But the one who's actin' — even he don't fuckin' know Is this rage authentic or a habit I rehearsed Is this calm just silence or the numbness of the curse I built a fortress and I locked myself inside it Now I'm searchin' through the rubble but I can't decide it [Pre-Chorus] No origin, no evidence, just proof I'm someone else Can't tell if I'm surviving or erasing who I felt [Chorus] IS THIS ME OR IS THIS ARMOR DID I BUILD IT OR DID IT BUILD ME CAN'T REMEMBER WHO I WAS BEFORE THE MASK BECAME THE ONLY FACE I SEE STARING IN THE GLASS AND I'M A STRANGER ASKING QUESTIONS THAT I CAN'T ANSWER WHO'S UNDERNEATH, WHO'S UNDERNEATH (WHO'S UNDERNEATH) [Bridge] How long do you wear something... before it stops being a costume... Before the lie becomes the only true thing left... I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE MASK ENDS AND I BEGIN— [Final Chorus] IS THIS ME OR IS THIS ARMOR DID I BUILD IT OR DID IT BUILD ME RIPPING AT THE SEAMS TO FIND OUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING UNDERNEATH MAYBE THE ANSWER ISN'T HIDING MAYBE I'M BOTH THINGS AT ONCE THE MASK AND ME