Verse 1
They took pieces I can’t get back
More than once, behind my back
No one saw, no one came
So I carried the silence and the s egg hame
Years went by like nothing changed
But I bled out in quiet ways
Never said the words out loud
Just found ways to shut it down
Pre-Chorus:
I wore my pain under my sleeves
Marked the days I couldn’t breathe
Chorus:
But I’m learning how to sit in the dark
Without needing to tear myself apart
Still hear echoes, still feel numb
But I don’t run like I used to run
Trying to feel what they stole from me
Trying to hold what’s left carefully
Verse 2:
It happened more than once, more than one face
And I blamed myself, just to feel safe
Cut my skin when I couldn’t scream
Made the hurt into something I could see
No one asked, no one knew
I got good at hiding the truth
But the body remembers what I forget
And some nights I still shake in bed
Bridge:
Some days I slip, some days I stay
But I’ve learned how to put the blade away
It’s not healing, not quite whole
But every breath I take is mine to hold
Final Chorus:
I’m learning how to sit in the dark
Without tearing the rest of me apart
Still breaking, still undone
But I’m not who I was when it first begun
No neat ending, no clean line
But I’m here — and that’s just fine.