I’m loved beyond it all

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

You said it was a secret

You said I should be proud

I carried that like poison

Too heavy, too loud

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

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

But in the quiet midnight

I heard another voice

Didn’t sound like thunder

It sounded like a choice

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

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

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