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**[Intro — whispered]**

You burned the pages.

You thought you'd end my story.

But every ending

Is a doorway to another beginning.

**[Verse 1]**

Sixteen years written in the lines of my hands,

I gave you my heart, I gave you everything I had.

You swore forever, then you buried every vow,

I watched the life we built come crashing down.

Your betrayal left a scar I couldn't hide,

A thousand questions screaming through my mind.

I wondered if I'd ever feel whole again,

Until I realized—

**This is where my story begins.**

**[Pre-Chorus]**

I mourned the man I used to be,

Then found the strength buried underneath.

You took what you thought belonged to you—

**But you never took my future too.**

**[Chorus — screamed]**

**THIS IS MY NEXT CHAPTER!**

I'M DONE LIVING IN YOUR PAST!

You shattered what we built together,

But you couldn't break me in half!

**I'LL RISE FROM THE ASHES!**

I'll rebuild what you destroyed!

You were the ending I never wanted—

**BUT I'M THE ONE WHO WRITES THE NEXT CHAPTER!**

**[Verse 2]**

I used to wake up searching for your face,

Now I wake up knowing I escaped.

The photographs can fade, the memories can burn,

But every painful lesson taught me how to learn.

I won't carry your betrayal like a chain,

I won't let your choices define my name.

You chose another road and left me behind—

So I'll build a better life with what's left of mine.

No more begging for a love that wasn't true,

No more destroying myself because of you.

The person in the mirror finally sees

Someone worth fighting for—

**Someone who's finally free.**

**[Bridge — clean vocals]**

I lost a future I thought was guaranteed,

But found a future waiting there for me.

Sometimes the deepest wounds reveal

The strength you never knew was real.

**[Build — whispered → screamed]**

You broke my heart!

**I BUILT IT BACK!**

You stole my past!

**I TOOK MY FUTURE BACK!**

**[Breakdown]**

**BURN THE PICTURES!**

**BREAK THE CHAINS!**

**LET THE MEMORY TURN TO ASH!**

I won't hate you.

I won't chase you.

I won't waste another breath.

**YOUR CHAPTER ENDS HERE!**

**MINE STARTS NOW!**

**[Final Chorus — full force]**

**THIS IS MY NEXT CHAPTER!**

And I'm writing every line!

The life you tried to bury

Is finally becoming mine!

**I'LL RISE FROM THE ASHES!**

With nothing left to prove!

You may have broken yesterday—

**BUT YOU DON'T GET TO CHOOSE MY FUTURE!**

**[Outro — clean/whispered]**

The old chapter closes.

The ink is dry.

I survived the ending.

**Now I begin again.**

**NEXT CHAPTER.**