[Verse 1]
I took the long cut down
through the cage of glass
Boots on cracked concrete
and I don’t ask fast
Every corner talks
in a language I don’t know
I keep my name in my mouth
like a coal in the cold
[Pre-Chorus]
They said, "turn around"
They said, "fit the mold"
But I was built for the roads
that nobody holds
I hear the sirens call
like a bruise in the rain
If the truth is buried deep
I’ll dig with my pain
[Chorus]
I’m going my own way
(goin’ my own way)
Lost in the city jungle
I’m going my own way
(goin’ my own way)
Truth in the lies I’ve swallowed
[Verse 2]
I wore their crooked words
like a chain on my back
Got cut by the grins
and the knives in the laugh
But I learned to breathe
through the smoke and the sting
Even broken glass
can still catch a ring
[Pre-Chorus]
They sold me a cure
wrapped in cheap perfume
I watched the pretty lie
bloom into a bruise
Now I don’t chase ghosts
I don’t beg for a sign
I make a little peace
with the bad in my spine
[Chorus]
I’m going my own way
(goin’ my own way)
Lost in the city jungle
I’m going my own way
(goin’ my own way)
Truth in the lies I’ve swallowed
[Bridge]
If you left me bleeding
I won’t name your grave
I’m done making a prison
out of what you made
I found my answer
in the rust and the rain
Not every scar is a warning
some are proof I remained
[Final Chorus]
I’m going my own way
(goin’ my own way)
Lost in the city jungle
I’m going my own way
(goin’ my own way)
Truth in the lies I’ve swallowed
I’m going my own way
(goin’ my own way)
Peace with the wrongs you handed
I’m going my own way
(goin’ my own way)
Truth in the lies I’ve found it