Verse 1
I learned to hide before I learned to speak,
Built my walls because they called me weak.
Every hallway held another fight,
Smiling in the day, breaking every night.
The people meant to keep me safe,
Left invisible scars I can't erase.
Now every door sounds like goodbye,
Every laugh makes me wonder why.
Pre-Chorus
I'm carrying ghosts that don't let go,
Fighting battles nobody knows.
I'm tired of running from yesterday,
But it follows me anyway.
Chorus
Fear keeps whispering, "Don't you try,"
Trauma tells me every hope's a lie.
A house can stand, but never feel like home,
When love was something I never owned.
My mind's a storm I can't outrun,
Some days I forget what I've become.
But somewhere underneath the pain,
There's a heartbeat calling out my name.
Verse 2
I wear a mask that's cracked with time,
Tell the world that everything is fine.
The mirror knows the truth I hide,
The tears I swallow deep inside.
The words they threw still leave their mark,
Like broken glass inside my heart.
I'm trying not to let them win,
Trying to find the light within.
Bridge
Maybe healing isn't loud,
Maybe it's standing through the clouds.
Maybe strength is one more breath,
Choosing life when hope feels left.
I won't let the darkness write my end,
I'll learn to trust myself again.
Final Chorus
Fear still whispers, but I'm standing here,
Trauma doesn't disappear.
The past may live inside my mind,
But it doesn't get to own my life.
These scars remind me I survived,
Even when I barely felt alive.
I'm more than every tear I've shed,
I'm still breathing... not defeated yet.
Outro
The echoes fade a little more,
With every step, with every scar.
I'm not the home I came from—
I'm becoming who I really are.
