[Verse 1]
I wore the bruises like lace
Kept my face in the rain
Tried to hide my fire
From the weight of the pain
If I stumbled in shadow
I was still moving on
Every crack in my spirit
Taught me where I belong
[Pre-Chorus]
And if the dark came calling
I answered back in gold
I learned my own reflection
Before I lost my soul
[Chorus]
If it was for hell
I would have never changed
(if it was for hell)
I learned to love my name
It wasn’t for evil
It opened up my eyes
I love myself fully
I trust the sky tonight
[Verse 2]
I held my heart with both hands
Like a child at the door
Every scar was a teacher
Every fall made me more
I stopped asking for pardon
From a world so cold
Now I move with my truth on
And my spirit’s bold
[Pre-Chorus]
And if the dark came calling
I answered back in gold
I learned my own reflection
Before I lost my soul
[Chorus]
If it was for hell
I would have never changed
(if it was for hell)
I learned to love my name
It wasn’t for evil
It opened up my eyes
I love myself fully
I trust the sky tonight
[Bridge]
I was split, then I was whole
I was broken, then I grew
What I thought would take me under
Was the thing that brought me through
Now I stand in my becoming
Not above, but deep inside
One with all, I feel it rising
Like the tide
[Final Chorus]
If it was for hell
I would have never changed
(if it was for hell)
I learned to love my name
It wasn’t for evil
It opened up my eyes
I love myself fully
I trust the sky tonight
If it was for hell
I would have never changed
(if it was for hell)
I learned to love my name
One with all, I’m breathing
One with all, I rise
I love myself fully
I trust the sky tonight