Better Off (Without Them)

They left me in the shadows cold and bare

Their voices echo but they're never there

I reached for hands that turned away

A girl alone who learned to pray

Their silence cut deeper than any blade

I built my walls where love decayed

I thought I was the one to blame

But now I see their loss

Their shame

I'm better now without their chains

Their absence taught me to love my pain

I found my worth in the scars they gave

I’m standing strong no one to save

I used to beg for scraps of care

A hollow heart left gasping air

But in the void I found my fire

Lit by dreams not their desire

They broke me down to watch me fall

But I built a castle from it all

Each stone a tear each brick a scream

Now I’m living my own dream

I'm better now without their chains

Their absence taught me to love my pain

I found my worth in the scars they gave

I’m standing strong no one to save

I'm better now without their chains

Their absence taught me to love my pain

I found my worth in the scars they gave

I’m standing strong no one to save