Verse 1]
Bedroom door
Never meant for locking
Cartoons on
But the sound kept stopping
Breathing loud
Counting cracks in the ceiling
Little hands
Learning how to stop feeling
[Pre-Chorus]
You said it was a secret
You said I should be proud
I carried that like poison
Too heavy, too loud
[Chorus]
Hands that never should have touched me
Words that never should have named me
You broke a child and thought that you could keep me small
But I am standing in the sunlight
God is holding all my fault lines
Saying, "What they did is not who you are at all"
I am more than what you took
I am loved beyond it all
[Verse 2]
Family table
Laughing like it’s nothing
You pass bread
I taste ash, I’m choking
Years go by
I still scrub my own skin
Try to wash
Memories I was born in
[Pre-Chorus]
But in the quiet midnight
I heard another voice
Didn’t sound like thunder
It sounded like a choice
[Chorus]
Hands that never should have touched me
Words that never should have named me
You broke a child and thought that you could keep me small
But I am standing in the sunlight
God is holding all my fault lines
Saying, "What they did is not who you are at all"
I am more than what you took
I am loved beyond it all
[Bridge]
You were there on the carpet
When I cried and could not speak
You were there in the mirror
When I swore that I was weak
You were there in the courtroom
When I shook and told the truth
You were there in the silence
When I learned to trust You
[Chorus]
Hands that never should have touched me
Will not name the way You love me
You saw a child, You saw a daughter standing tall
Now I am walking in the daylight
God is mending every fault line
Whispering, "Beloved, I was with you through it all"
I am more than what they took
I am loved beyond it all
