Verse 1 (low, restrained)
Even flowers born in fire
Still reach for something clean
I learned early how to suffer
Before I learned what hope could mean
Every scar still speaks my name
Every breath still tastes the flame
I didn’t choose this kind of life
But pain was the one that stayed
Pre-Chorus (building tension)
I don’t know peace
I don’t know safe
I only know how to survive the weight
CHORUS (HUGE, explosive)
I WAS MADE OF PAIN
IT RAISED ME FROM THE GROUND
TAUGHT ME HOW TO BREATHE
WHEN EVERYTHING BURNED DOWN
I DON’T TRUST HAPPY
IT NEVER STICKS AROUND
I WAS MADE OF PAIN
AND IT WON’T LET ME DOWN
Verse 2 (stronger, angrier)
I learned to bloom inside the dark
Learned to smile through the worst
Found comfort in the chaos
Found rhythm in the hurt
Now when something good gets close
My hands don’t know what to do
Happiness feels like a lie
I don’t recognize the truth
Pre-Chorus 2
My heart only beats in absence
Only speaks when something’s gone
CHORUS (repeat, louder)
I WAS MADE OF PAIN
IT FEELS LIKE HOME TO ME
I DON’T KNOW WHO I AM
WITHOUT THE MISERY
DON’T CALL IT HEALING
WHEN IT MAKES ME WEAK
I WAS MADE OF PAIN
AND PAIN MADE ME ME
BRIDGE (drop instruments → voice cracks → then BOOM)
Maybe I’m afraid of silence
Maybe calm feels like defeat
If I stop bleeding, stop fighting
Who the hell am I underneath?
(pause)
I don’t know how to live without it.
FINAL CHORUS (full band, goosebumps)
I WAS MADE OF PAIN
AND I’M STILL STANDING HERE
IF THIS IS SURVIVAL
THEN I’VE PAID IN FEAR
BUT IF THERE’S A LIGHT
I’LL CRAWL THROUGH THE FLAMES
‘CAUSE I WAS MADE OF PAIN
BUT I WON’T DIE THE SAME
Outro (slow, haunting)
I was made of pain…
But I’m reaching anyway.
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