[Verse 1]
Broken plate on the counter
Same old shouting in the hall
Every door slam
Every silence
Taught me how to make myself small
[Pre-Chorus]
But I’ve been tracing every bruise in my memory
Every “you’re nothing” turning into “I’m free”
I see the pattern
How it’s passing down like cheap jewelry
I’m taking it off
[Chorus]
It ends with me
All of this anger
All of this fear stops here
You won’t live through my heartbeat
I cut the cord
I crush the curse this year
I won’t play the part you wrote for me
I’m the break in the family tree
This story doesn’t own my blood
It ends with me
[Verse 2]
Photos turned to the wall now
Little hands watching every move
I hear echoes in my own voice
Words I swore I’d never use
[Pre-Chorus]
So I’m rewriting every rule that you gave me
Every raised voice turning soft when they need me
I see the shadow trying hard to invade me
I’m turning on the light
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
I am not your temper
I am not your shame
I am not the weapon
You hid inside my name
[whispered vocals]
Breathe in
Count to ten
Hands open
Start again
[full voice]
I am not your story
I’m the sharp clean seam
Where the hurt stops spreading
Right through me
[Chorus]