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Verse 1

I learned to whisper before I learned my name

Tiptoed through moods like a house full of flames

Your love was a mirror that only showed you

Every “I’m proud” came with strings pulled tight and blue

I memorized silence, I wore it like skin

Apologized first for the wars you’d bring in

You said I was nothing without your design

But I kept a spark you could never rewrite

Pre-Chorus

I bent, I broke, I stayed awake

Counting every rule you’d change

But somewhere in the wreckage

I realized I wasn’t to blame

Chorus

You don’t get to live inside my head anymore

I’m done bleeding just to keep your peace restored

I took the pain, I took the truth

And I built a spine out of what you tried to use

I’m not your shadow, I’m not your war

I’m everything you couldn’t control

I survived you

And I became someone whole

Verse 2

You fed me fear and called it care

Taught me love is always earned, never there

If I shined too bright, you’d dim the light

If I cried, you’d say I picked the fight

I carried your voice like a loaded gun

Every mistake felt like I’d already lost

But I watched your crown crack under its weight

While I learned strength doesn’t humiliate

Pre-Chorus

I stopped chasing your approval

Stopped calling your cruelty truth

Turns out the monster in the room

Was never me—it was you

Chorus

You don’t get to live inside my head anymore

I’m done bleeding just to keep your peace restored

I took the pain, I took the truth

And I built a spine out of what you tried to use

I’m not your shadow, I’m not your war

I’m everything you couldn’t control

I survived you

And I became someone whole

Bridge

I learned love doesn’t scream

Doesn’t punish, doesn’t compete

I learned strength can be gentle

And boundaries aren’t betrayal

I feel everything now—and I still stand

I choose kindness with blood on my hands

Not because you taught me how

But because I chose to be better than that

Breakdown (soft, raw)

You don’t get credit for my scars

You don’t get to claim who I are

I broke the cycle with shaking hands

And that makes me brave, not damned

Final Chorus

You don’t get to live inside my head anymore

I forgive myself for what I couldn’t before

I took the pain, I took the truth

And I turned survival into proof

I’m not your echo, I’m not your blame

I don’t carry your shame

I survived you

And I stayed human anyway

Outro

I stayed soft.

I stayed kind.

I grew a soul you couldn’t break this time.