[Pre-Intro]
(bare whisper, cracked, almost spoken)
I kept the knife…
I kept the silence…
It kept me too…
[Intro]
(whisper into strained edge)
I’m trapped in a room with no doors
I claw the walls from the inside
No place left to hide — the truth just died
I still sleep next to what you left behind
[Verse 1]
You crossed that line, played the killing game
Betrayal’s a blade still wearing my name
Down in the dark a black storm tears
Broken wings locked behind dead stares
I talk to the bruise like it might talk back
Every night I lose you a little less intact
[Pre-Chorus]
(drums thin, guitar starting to chew)
You thought you won, thought you locked the gate
I’m the flood you can’t outrun or wait
Watch your back — the clock already cracked
Your time’s up. What’s left of me attacked
And it lives in me first
[Chorus]
(scream the last word of each line)
I’m kicking down the door I used to guard
Colder, meaner, hungrier, and scarred
You thought I’d fold, thought I’d stay polite
I’m coming back to burn your whole damn night
I wanted peace. I learned to fight
[Hook]
(You can’t run… you can’t hide…)
(half-cry, then grit)
I own the dark now…
It owns me too…
I own the night…
[Verse 2]
Fists locked white, rage under the skin
Judgment’s close — no way to spin
You lit the match. There’s no putting it out
Inside me the war is screaming loud
I rehearsed this speech with blood in my mouth
Winning still tastes like you walking out
[Pre-Chorus]
Your pretty lies are ash under my boots
I waited quiet while the fuse took root
Sit and watch while I take what’s mine
Nowhere left. Your end’s on my design
I built this fire out of what you broke
Now it keeps me warm and it keeps me choked
[Chorus]
I’m kicking down the door I used to guard
Colder, meaner, hungrier, and scarred
You thought I’d fold, thought I’d stay polite
I’m coming back to burn your whole damn night
I wanted peace. I learned to fight
[Hook]
(You can’t run… you can’t hide…)
I own the dark now…
It owns me too…
I own the night…
[Bridge]
(drop to almost nothing — then rip)
This is the cut you left in me
Now it owns the night — now it sets me free
No more quiet. No more grace
You’re just a ghost I spit in the face
I still flinch when the hallway light
Looks like the last time you were right
I wanted you gone
I wanted you back
I wanted anything that didn’t feel like that
[Final Chorus]
I’m kicking down the door I used to guard
Colder, meaner, hungrier, and scarred
You thought I’d fold, thought I’d stay polite
I’m coming back to burn your whole damn night
(I’m still here…)
I’m coming back to burn it all tonight
(I’m still here…)
Watch the whole thing go up in light
I wanted peace. I learned to fight
I won the war. I lost the quiet.
[Outro]
(whisper over dying feedback / last cymbal wash)
Sit and wait while the walls close in
Your verdict’s signed. The fire begins
I’m still here — now take your turn
Lesson carved deep while you burn
I kept the knife.
I kept the quiet.
I won.
And I still don’t know how to live with it.