“Still Hear the Echo”
(Verse 1)
She was seven with a ribbon in her hair
Holding broken dolls and saying silent prayers
A monster wore a human face
Stole the sunlight from her place
And every cry was buried underneath the stairs
He told her no one would believe
So she learned how not to speak
Ten long years of shutting doors
Counting cracks across the floor
While the world just called her “troubled” and “weak”
(Pre-Chorus)
And every wound turned into smoke
Every promise turned to ghosts
She carried shame that wasn’t hers
Like poison stitched beneath her clothes
(Chorus)
She went looking for love in all the wrong places
Different nights, different names, unfamiliar faces
Trying to fill a hole carved deep into her soul
But the pain kept calling, and addiction took control
She danced with demons just to feel less alone
Built a heart from survival, not a home
And though she finally found the strength to leave
The shadows still whisper when she tries to sleep
(Verse 2)
Liquor burned like honesty
Powder felt like memory
Anything to numb the child
Still abandoned, still defiled
Still searching for the girl she used to be
Every mirror told a lie
Every high just helped her hide
But somewhere underneath the scars
A tiny spark survived the dark
Though she swore a thousand times she’d already died
(Pre-Chorus)
Then one night she heard her name
Not in hatred, not in blame
And for the first time in her life
She knew the child deserved to stay
(Chorus)
She went looking for love in all the wrong places
Different nights, different names, unfamiliar faces
Trying to fill a hole carved deep into her soul
But the pain kept calling, and addiction took control
She danced with demons just to feel less alone
Built a heart from survival, not a home
And though she finally found the strength to leave
The shadows still whisper when she tries to sleep
(Bridge)
Now she speaks for the girl who was never defended
For the child inside her heart they tried hard to end
Some wounds don’t vanish
Some ghosts remain
But surviving is a fire that outlives pain
He took her childhood
But he didn’t take her voice
And every breath she takes now
Is her own choice
(Final Chorus)
She’s not looking for love in empty places
Not chasing safety in strangers’ faces
She’s learning slowly how to let herself heal
How to trust what’s gentle, how to know what’s real
But some nights the memories still break through
Like thunder she can’t outrun no matter what she do
She broke the chains, she walked away free
Yet the haunting still lives somewhere deep in me
(Outro)
Still hear the echo
Still feel the rain
But the little girl survived
And that matters every day.
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