Lacerations

Verse 1

You left your fingerprints all over my soul,

Now every memory cuts where nobody knows.

Smiled while you were slowly breaking me apart,

Looking so beautiful... holding a weapon called your heart.

I gave you every piece, every prayer, every dream,

Now I'm waking up from what I thought we'd be.

You said forever like it meant something real,

But forever disappeared the moment you stopped trying to heal.

Pre-Chorus

No bandage can cover what your words have done,

These invisible wounds still bleed in the sun.

People see me smiling... they don't recognize...

I'm covered in lacerations on the inside.

Chorus

These lacerations... running deep through my heart,

Every "I love you" left another scar.

You cut me with silence, carved me with lies,

Now every tear feels like salt in my eyes.

These lacerations... don't leave blood on the floor,

They leave a soul that can't trust anymore.

I survived your love... but I paid the price,

Walking around alive... with invisible knives.

Verse 2

You turned our home into a battlefield at night,

Making me question if loving you was right.

I kept stitching us together while you pulled every thread,

Trying to save something that was already dead.

You never saw the damage hiding underneath my skin,

Every goodbye became another place you let me bleed within.

Now I flinch whenever somebody says they'll stay,

'Cause promises sound different after walking through this pain.

Bridge

Maybe one day these wounds become wisdom...

Maybe one day these scars become strength.

Maybe God was protecting what was left of me...

When He finally pulled me away.

I won't let these lacerations... define my name.

They'll remind me... I survived the pain.

Final Chorus

These lacerations... made me stronger than before,

Though they still ache when it starts to pour.

You couldn't kill the love I have inside,

You only taught me where my heart should hide.

These lacerations... are healing every day,

The scars remain, but they don't own my faith.

I'll love again when the time is right,

'Cause broken hearts... still deserve the light.

Outro (Spoken with layered harmonies)

You thought you left me broken...

But you only left your fingerprints.

The cuts are closing...

The scars are fading...

And I'm finally... finding my way back to me.

Background vocal ad-libs:

•"I'm healing..."

•"No more bleeding..."

•"Love shouldn't leave lacerations..."

•"I'm still standing..."

•"God's been stitching me together..."

•"I'm whole again..."