[Intro] Yeah… Some scars don’t show on skin. Some bruises live in memory. This for every handprint I had to outgrow. [Verse 1] I learned too young the world ain’t safe, Smiles at dinner, fear I couldn’t escape, Home supposed to be the warmest place, But mine felt like a test of how much I could take. Every voice that should’ve protected me Turned into another weight on my chest, Every hallway memory haunted me, No child should carry that kind of mess. Hands that were supposed to guide me right Left shadows I still fight at night, Family blood don’t mean love’s inside, Sometimes it’s just pain in disguise. [Pre-Chorus] And they left their marks, yeah it’s true, Fingerprints pressed deep in my youth, But they don’t get to own my truth… [Chorus] They left handprints on my soul, Tried to break what they couldn’t control, Tried to make me small, make me fold, But I’m still here — I didn’t let them win. Every scar they thought would end me Turned into armor under my skin, And those handprints fade slowly, ’Cause I’m learning how to live again. [Verse 2] A mother fighting demons of her own, Didn’t see the war inside her home, I kept quiet, learned to fight alone, Built survival out of broken bones. Brothers who should’ve stood by me, Turned into ghosts in my memory, And the one who said he loved me Left new wounds where trust should be. Every man who swore I mattered Left pieces of me scattered, shattered, But somehow my heart still gathered Enough hope to climb from what they battered. [Pre-Chorus] They tried to write my story in pain, But I took back the pen again… [Chorus] They left handprints on my soul, Tried to break what they couldn’t control, Tried to make me small, make me fold, But I’m still here — I didn’t let them win. Every scar they thought would end me Turned into armor under my skin, And those handprints fade slowly, ’Cause I’m learning how to live again. [Bridge – softer] And I’m angry… yeah I am, For the child who didn’t understand, Why love came with pain attached, Why safety slipped right through my hands. But I’m healing for her now, Holding the pieces they couldn’t break, And every day I wake up breathing Is proof they didn’t take everything. [Final Chorus – stronger] Yeah they left handprints on my soul, But they don’t get to own my road, I’m more than the damage they wrote, More than the nights I cried alone. And every step I take forward Wipes their shadows from my skin, Those handprints fade a little more Every time I choose to live again. [Outro] They left marks… But they didn’t leave a monster. They left a survivor. And survivors learn how to shine.

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