Temper and Tranquility - Agapotraumatophobia/Glass Teeth

Agapotraumatophobia: The intense fear of being emotionally wounded through love or deep emotional attachment.

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[Verse 1]
You reach with hands...
But I flinch like it’s a flame.
Your love is wrapped in silk and blood,
And I don’t know who to blame.
I hear your voice through broken glass,
It cuts before it soothes,
Every kindness lights a match,
In a house I can't move through.

[Chorus]
I wear my fear like armor,
Even when you come in peace.
Your touch is made of echoes,
And my trust has glass teeth.
You try to calm the tremors,
But they answer to a ghost,
I'm a graveyard full of triggers,
You're the one I need the most.

[Verse 2]
I made you something sweet and warm,
But the burn was mine to hold.
Even mercy feels like war
When your heart forgets the cold.
You leaned in like a lifeline,
But I braced like it was death.
Can’t tell what’s real or memory
When it hijacks every breath.

[Chorus]
I wear my fear like armor,
Even when you come in peace.
Your touch is made of echoes,
And my trust has glass teeth.
You try to calm the tremors,
But they answer to a ghost,
I'm a graveyard full of triggers,
You're the one I need the most.

[Verse 3]
There’s a room I locked and buried,
Where no one gets to see.
You knocked too close and woke it up,
Now it’s howling out through me.
I can’t explain the shaking,
Or the reason for the scream,
Just know I’m bleeding silently
From places never seen.

[Chorus]
I wear my fear like armor,
Even when you come in peace.
Your touch is made of echoes,
And my trust has glass teeth.
You try to calm the tremors,
But they answer to a ghost,
I'm a graveyard full of triggers,
You're the one I need the most.

[Verse 4]
It’s not your fault, this haunted shell,
It’s not your fight to lose.
But every step toward comfort
Feels like violence I can’t choose.
I wish I could be softer,
Let your arms rebuild my skin,
But healing isn’t made for those
Still burning from within.

[Chorus]
I wear my fear like armor,
Even when you come in peace.
Your touch is made of echoes,
And my trust has glass teeth.
You try to calm the tremors,
But they answer to a ghost,
I'm a graveyard full of triggers,
You're the one I need the most.

[Breakdown]
Don’t come closer, don’t you see?
I’m not safe, not even me!
Love becomes the sharpest blade,
I run from hands that want to stay!
Memory’s a goddamn liar,
Built this heart with live barbed wire!
Don’t come closer, don’t you see?!
Even you look like a threat to me!

[Chorus]
I wear my fear like armor,
Even when you come in peace.
Your touch is made of echoes,
And my trust has glass teeth.
You try to calm the tremors,
But they answer to a ghost,
I'm a graveyard full of triggers,
You're the one I need the most.

[Chorus]
(I wear my fear like armor...)
Even love can feel like harm,
When the past still owns your soul.
Your hug becomes alarm.
You hold me like redemption,
But I sink beneath your light.
This heart was never mended,
Just learned how not to fight.

[Outro]
You are the calm.
I am the storm.
And all I want
Is to feel warm.
But the flames are all I know.
So I burn the ones
Who come too close.