"Born Into the Storm"
[Verse 1]
Grew up with questions nobody would answer
A name on a document, but where is my father?
Mirrors show a face I don't fully recognize
Half of me is missing, hidden behind someone's lies
[Pre-Chorus]
They whisper in the hallways, they talk behind closed doors
Like I chose the life I was born into
Like I asked for all of this
[Chorus]
I was born into the storm
No shelter from the shame they gave me
Tried to find where I belong
In a world that never really claimed me
I carry wounds I didn't earn
From a love that never found its way home
Born into the storm
But I'll learn to stand alone
[Verse 2]
Half-siblings with a legacy I'll never own
Holidays and table seats — I'm always on the outside looking in
Mama carried everything, she never let it show
But I felt the weight of silence in the things she'd never say
[Pre-Chorus]
And I built my walls so high
Because attachment only hurts
When the ones who should stay
Always seem to leave first
[Chorus]
I was born into the storm
No shelter from the shame they gave me
Tried to find where I belong
In a world that never really claimed me
I carry wounds I didn't earn
From a love that never found its way home
Born into the storm
But I'll learn to stand alone
[Bridge]
I grieve a stranger I've never met
A ghost that lives inside my chest
I didn't need a perfect start
Just someone who would choose my heart
The stigma tried to define my worth
But I am more than the terms of my birth
[Final Chorus]
I was born into the storm
But I'm finding shelter in my own name
Learning slowly where I belong
Not defined by someone else's shame
I carry scars, but I carry strength
From a road I walked so long alone
Born into the storm —
guitar solo
