Earned My Name

Verse 1

I grew up learning how to disappear

Stay quiet, stay small, don’t shake the air

Every promise came with a clenched fist

Every dream had a price I couldn’t miss

I learned young how to swallow pain

Make a home in the storm, dance in the rain

Pre-Chorus

I was forged where the light never stayed

I didn’t break—I adapted

Chorus

I’m still standing where I shouldn’t be

On my own two feet, finally free

You don’t get to tell me who I am

I paid in blood just to take this stand

I’ve been down, I’ve been bent, I’ve been scarred

But you’ll never hold me down again

I’m still standing

Verse 2 darker, heavier groove

I carried weight that wasn’t mine

Fear stitched into my spine

They fed me doubt like it was truth

Said I’d never make it out alive

But I learned how to breathe underground

Turned survival into sound

Pre-Chorus

Every chain taught me where I was strong

Every fall proved them wrong

Chorus

I’m still standing where I shouldn’t be

On my own two feet, finally free

You don’t get to tell me who I am

I paid in blood just to take this stand

I’ve been down, I’ve been bent, I’ve been scarred

But you’ll never hold me down again

I’m still standing

Bridge

I WAS NEVER MEANT TO LAST

THAT’S WHAT YOU SAID

I LEARNED HOW TO LIVE

WITH A TARGET ON MY CHEST

TRY TO DRAG ME BACK

I’LL BITE MY WAY OUT

I DIDN’T SURVIVE

JUST TO BOW

Breakdown

Hold me down

I break the ground

Hands off now

I’m unbound

No more fear

No more cage

I earned this name

Final Chorus

I’m still standing, scars and all

I didn’t rise just to crawl

You don’t get to rewrite my past

But you won’t touch my future

I’ve been down, I’ve been bent, I’ve been scarred

But you’ll never hold me down again

I’m still standing

Outro

I didn’t win by luck—

I won by refusing to stay broken.