Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I wore the dirt like it was armor
Carried the weight like it was worth
Every stain became a story
I told myself to prove my birth
Layer on layer I was buried
Under the man I thought I'd earned
But earning is a kind of hiding
And hiding is how good men burn

[Pre-Chorus]
But the water's running now
And I can feel it pulling down
Every mask and every crown
Every wall is coming down

[Chorus]
Soap and water strip it clean
Soap and water in between
Who I was and who I'll be
Soap and water setting free
Every lie that dressed like me
Soap and water let me see
Soap and water make me clean

[Verse 2]
I built my skin from expectations
Wore perfection like a coat
Smiled on cue and spoke in scripture
While the real man barely spoke
But underneath the presentation
Underneath the polished frame
Was a man who needed mercy
More than he needed his own name

[Bridge]
I don't know what's underneath
When every layer's on the ground
I don't know the man beneath
But I think he wants to be found

I'm standing naked in the water
Nothing borrowed nothing worn
For the first time in my life
I look like the day that I was born

[Final Chorus]
Soap and water strip it clean
Soap and water in between
Who I was and who I'll be
Soap and water setting free
Every lie that dressed like me
Soap and water let me see

Soap and water
Soap and water
Make me clean