After Everything Broke

[Verse 1]
You said you were sorry
Mouth full of splinters
Every hug
Felt like winter
I counted the cracks
On the ceiling above
Tried to believe
This was somehow love
[Pre-Chorus]
I learned every warning
Then called it my fault
Built a home in the hurt
And locked every bolt
[Chorus]
But I’m not what you made of me
I’m more than the scars you see
Trust was a broken thing
Now it’s a fragile wing
I’m learning to let it fly
Even if it falls sometimes
Love is a buried seed
Pushing up through everything
After everything broke
I’m finally starting to believe
[Verse 2]
Your voice in my head
Like a bad religion
Every “you’re nothing”
Cut with precision
I carried your anger
Like it was my name
Till I saw my reflection
Didn’t look the same
[Pre-Chorus]
So I packed up the pieces
Left them on your floor
Took back my silence
Walked out the door
[Chorus]
’Cause I’m not what you made of me
I’m more than the scars you see
Trust was a broken thing
Now it’s a fragile wing
I’m learning to let it fly
Even if it falls sometimes
Love is a buried seed
Pushing up through everything
After everything broke
I’m finally starting to believe
[Bridge]
I forgive you
But I don’t forget
I forgive me
For the years I spent
(staying)
In the dark just to keep you warm
Now I’m standing in a softer storm
[Chorus]
Now I’m not what you made of me
I’m more than the scars you see
Trust is a living thing
Feels like a trembling flame
I’m learning to let it shine
Even when it shakes inside
Faith is a quiet voice
Telling me I still have choice
After everything broke
Love is being born in me
After everything broke
I’m finally choosing me

Slow-build alt-pop ballad with intimate male vocals, warm piano and distant pads in the verses, then lifted by mid-tempo drums, bass swells, and wide vocal harmonies in the chorus; bridge strips back to near a cappella before a final, cathartic hook with soaring ad-libs and subtle guitar ambience.