Luisa Madrigal [Encanto]

Luisa Madrigal

Under the Surface

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Under the surface
I'm pretty sure I'm worthless if I can't be of service
A flaw or a crack
The straw in the stack
That breaks the camel's back

Burn away the pride
Bring me to my weakness
'til everything I hide behind is gone
And when I'm open wide
With nothing left to cling to
Only you are there to lead me on
'cause honestly, I'm not that strong

She never slows down
She doesn't know why
But she knows that when she's all alone
Feels like its all coming down
She won't turn around
The shadows are long and she fears if she cries that first tear
The tears will not stop raining down

And we're all see through, just like glass
And we can shatter just as fast
That light's been burned out for a while
I still see it every time I pass
It was lost in the corners of my mind
Behind a box of reasons why
I never doubted it was there
It just took a little time to find

You feel like a candle in a hurricane
Just like a picture with a broken frame
Alone and helpless
Like you've lost your fight
But you'll be all right
You'll be all right

I am special
I am beautiful
I am wonderful, and powerful, unstoppable
Sometimes I'm miserable
Sometimes I'm pitiful
But that's so typical of all the things I am

The corners of my mind are closing in
Rip away defenses wearing thin
If it ends then where do I begin
How did this get underneath my skin

It doesn't hurt me
You want to feel how it feels?
You want to know, know that it doesn't hurt me?

Work it harder
Make it better
Do it faster
Makes us stronger
More than ever
Hour after hour
Work is never over

Pressure pushing down on me
Pressing down on you
No man ask for
Under pressure that burns a building down
Splits a family in two
Puts people on streets

People say that I'm amazing
I'm strong beyond my years
But they don't see inside of me
I'm hiding all the tears

Running in loops trying to prove to myself that I'm good enough
Desperate for truth, well the truth is sometimes you just gotta jump

I can turn it on
Be a good machine
I can hold the weight of worlds
If that's what you need
Be your everything

Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father
Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your love and your longing behind
You can't carry it with you if you want to survive

I'm looking for the thunder
I'm looking for the blackness
I'm learning how to get up off my knees
And all it takes is practice

So walk away from your pride
It's a demon in disguise
And it won't help you
To calm the swelling tide

I wish that I could cry
Fall upon my knees
Find a way to lie
'bout a home I'll never see
It may sound absurd, but don't be naive
Even heroes have the right to bleed

Caught in the thought of that time
When everything was fine, everything was mine
Everything was fine, everything was mine
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put me back together again

And in one little moment
It all implodes
This isn't everything you are
Breathe deeply in the silence
No sudden moves
This isn't everything you are

Open me up and you will see
I'm a gallery of broken hearts
I'm beyond repair, let me be
And give me back my broken parts

I don't know if I'm scared of dying
But I'm scared of living too fast, too slow
Regret, remorse, hold on, oh no I've got to go
There’s no starting over
No new beginnings time races on
And you've just gotta keep on keeping on

Realize you're keeping me from breaking
Breaking free from the stone
Chase the day I find my happy ending
Keep on running, keep on hoping