I Built Me

Verse 1

Home was where love meant damage

Blame and love measured in bruises

I wore silence like a second skin

I walked through fire just to feel warm

Called every storm a place to belong

All of the hell I stumbled through

Left scars on my soul I outgrew

Pre-Chorus

Hands that were meant to protect me

Did more damage than you’ll ever see

Chorus

I built me out of the wreckage

Out of the lies and the scars

Out of the nights I was shattered

And the words that broke my heart

You didn’t make me stronger

I did that on my own

You just showed me what to leave

Yeah, I built me from the pieces

No one thought I’d ever keep

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Verse 2

I loved men who loved control

I kept handing out forgiveness

Like it was a cross to bear

Every “baby, I’m sorry”

Was a match to gasoline

I was burning down my own soul

Trying to keep them clean

Pre-Chorus

Let the silence heal the scars

You broke me But I built me.

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Bridge

I’m not your victim

Not your ghost

Not the girl you hurt the most

I’m the fire

You couldn’t drown

I’m the voice you can’t shut down

So I picked up every fragment

Of the girl I used to be

And I swore that I would never

Trade my worth for company

Chorus

I built me out of the wreckage

Out of the lies and the scars

Out of the nights I was shattered

And the words that broke my heart

You didn’t make me stronger

I did that on my own

You just showed me what to leave

Yeah, I built me from the pieces

No one thought I’d ever keep

Final Chorus

I built me out of the wreckage

Every bruise, every scar

Every night I thought was my last

Every shattered heart

Now I don’t need a savior

I just need someone who sees

The woman in the mirror

Is the one who rescued me