Built Not Broken

[INTRO – spoken]
I spent too many years
Bleeding for people
That would’ve watched me die empty.
I tried to save everybody…
But God never called me
To destroy myself
Just to be needed.
SCREAM:
HE’S DEAD.
[VERSE 1 – clean]
I wore myself thin for the broken and blind,
Set myself on fire just to keep them alive,
Gave away pieces I could never replace,
Now I barely recognize my own face.
I played the savior, I played the fool,
Let everybody drink while I drowned in the pool,
Tried to be armor for hearts made of stone,
And somehow still ended up dying alone.
[PRE-CHORUS]
And I can hear Heaven calling my name,
Saying, “Son, this isn’t love if it’s killing your faith,”
I drew my sword for everybody else—
While leaving my own soul nailed to hell.
[CHORUS]
It’s time to focus on me,
Time to protect what’s left of me,
No more bleeding out just to make them believe,
God’s making the man He intended to see.
No more knight in shining armor,
For a girl that only loves the darker,
I’m done dying just to make them stay—
I choose discipline, I choose the pain.
[VERSE 2 – screamed]
I was a bleeding soul with a savior disease,
On my knees for the ones who would never fight for me,
Every scar on my chest got a name and a face,
Every lie I believed almost put me in the grave.
So cut the rope—
I’m done dragging dead weight,
Done loving people that only love what they take,
I was made for war, not emotional chains,
And pain in the gym hits different than pain in betrayal.
[BREAKDOWN]
Spoken:
Buy the bike.
Lift the weight.
Kill the weakness.
Separate.
SCREAM:
I DON’T LIVE TO BE LOVED ANYMORE—
I LIVE TO BECOME!
NO MORE BLEEDING!
NO MORE BEGGING!
NO MORE SAVING
WHAT GOD AIN’T BLESSING!
TATTOO THE PAIN!
BENCH THE REGRET!
SIX DAYS A WEEK
UNTIL THE OLD ME’S DEAD!
[FINAL CHORUS]
It’s time to focus on me,
Not out of pride, but identity,
Guarding the man that Heaven sees,
Becoming all that I’m meant to be.
No more knight in shining armor,
No more love that leaves me darker,
I’m done being everything they need—
Now I’m becoming who God made me to be.
[OUTRO]
I was never called
To bleed for everybody…
Only to rise
For what was mine to carry.

Metalcore/Dark Country