[Verse 1]
You wrote a rumor on my back in pen
Thought that little story was the shape I'm in
Boxed me, locked me
Cheap little summary
You don't know the nights that rewrote my skin
You don't know the corners that I had to fight in
You only met the version you could manage
Never saw the hunger under all that damage
You love the label more than you love the person
Kept that frame tight while the pressure kept worsenin'
Smile in my face
Talk in a code
But I'm not your forecast, I'm my own weather pattern
[Chorus]
You drew a picture
Tried to make me live inside it
I'm past your image now
You can't even recognize it
You called me broken
I turned every crack to lightning
You wrote my story small
Watch me make the ending frightening
I'm not your rumor
I'm louder than what you told
You had me buried
I grew roots around your stones
You drew a picture
I burned it, see the smoke
You named me failure
Now I'm the one that spoke
[Verse 2]
You said "too quiet," I became a storm
You said "too strange," I made that the norm
You said "no way"
I said "say less"
Turned all that doubt into blood in my form
You never saw me reading when the room got dark
Practicing alone just to sharpen my art
You just saw grades, clothes, posts, gossip
Never saw the grind or the weight on my heart
I was busy buildin' while you were busy judgin'
Stacking every second you were casually grudgin'
You kept receipts, I kept receipts too
Every word you ever used, I feed that to the fuel
[Chorus]
You drew a picture
Tried to make me live inside it
I'm past your image now
You can't even recognize it
You called me broken
I turned every crack to lightning
You wrote my story small
Watch me make the ending frightening
I'm not your rumor
I'm louder than what you told
You had me buried
I grew roots around your stones
You drew a picture
I burned it, see the smoke
You named me failure
Now I'm the one that spoke
[Bridge]
You said "that's all you'll ever be" (ever be)
Repeat that line, I'll count to three (count with me)
One for every time I bled in silence
Two for every scar they called defiance
Three for when I walk right past your shade
Head so high that the sky feel afraid (hey!)
[Chorus]
You drew a picture
Tried to make me live inside it
I'm past your image now
You can't even recognize it
You called me broken
I turned every crack to lightning
You wrote my story small
Watch me make the ending frightening
I'm not your rumor
I'm louder than what you told
You had me buried
I grew roots around your stones
You drew a picture
I burned it, see the smoke
You named me failure
Now I'm the one that spoke