[Verse 1]
How could you do this to me?
You know my insecurities run deep
I learned to fold my hands just right
And hide the questions keeping me awake at night
[Pre-Chorus]
Your voice still lives inside the hall
Turning every kindness into something small
I wore your verdict like a chain
Now every mirror calls me by your name
[Chorus]
How could you do this to me?
You watched me bend until I couldn't breathe
I am not the names you threw
I am not the damage you made me carry through
How could you do this to me?
I needed love, not another wound to keep
[Post-Chorus]
[Background voices, distant and haunting]
Slut
Hooker
Druggie
[Verse 2]
I kept the bedroom door shut tight
Counted every footstep passing by at night
You made a courtroom from our home
Then wondered why I learned to live alone
[Pre-Chorus]
Your words came dressed as concern
But every lesson left a place to burn
I tried to be the girl you’d praise
Till I disappeared inside your gaze
[Chorus]
How could you do this to me?
You watched me bend until I couldn't breathe
I am not the names you threw
I am not the damage you made me carry through
How could you do this to me?
I needed love, not another wound to keep
[Bridge]
I hear you when the room goes quiet
But I won't let your mouth define it
The blood in me is mine to claim
I can break the spell around my name
[Final Chorus]
How could you do this to me?
Now I can stand where you expected me to kneel
I am more than what you said
More than every poisoned sentence in my head
How could you do this to me?
I choose the life you tried to steal from me
[Outro]
[Background voices, fading and distorted]
Slut
Hooker
Druggie
[Lead vocal, barely above a whisper]
Not yours to name me