Softness in the Fire

“Softness in the Fire”

Verse 1

I learned to wear armor before I learned my own name

Built myself from silence, carried all the blame

Everybody told me who I needed to become

Be harder, colder, louder just to overcome

But there’s a little voice beneath the damage and the noise

Begging me to hold onto the gentleness destroyed

And every scar I hide beneath these tired eyes

Still whispers there’s a version of me still alive

Pre-Chorus

I was bending just to fit inside

Worlds that never felt like mine

Losing pieces of my soul

Trying to survive

Chorus

I don’t wanna lose my softness in the fire

Don’t wanna trade my heart just to climb higher

I’ve made mistakes, I’ve let myself down too

But I was learning with a wounded point of view

So I forgive the girl who didn’t know

How to love herself when she felt alone

Now I’m healing every shattered part of me

Walking through the dark toward my destiny

Verse 2

There were heartbreaks that rewrote the way I trust

Promises that turned themselves to dust

And disappointment settled heavy in my chest

Made me question if my dreams were meaningless

But pain can be a teacher if you let it speak

Sometimes rock bottom shows you what you need

And every wrong turn, every sleepless night

Was carving out the strength I have inside

Pre-Chorus

Now I’m done apologizing for

Being human, being worn

I can carry grief and hope

At the same time

Chorus

I don’t wanna lose my softness in the fire

Don’t wanna become bitter just to feel wiser

I’ve made mistakes, I’ve hurt myself before

Trying to fill empty spaces at my core

So I forgive the woman I once was

For settling for less than real love

Now I’m healing every shattered memory

Trying to become who I was meant to be

Bridge

Maybe destiny was never something far away

Maybe it’s becoming honest with myself each day

Maybe strength is crying and still choosing to believe

That tenderness survives in people like me

Final Chorus

I won’t lose my softness in the fire

I can keep my heart and still rise higher

Every failure led me back into the light

Every broken road still brought me to my life

And I forgive myself for yesterday

For all the times I simply lost my way

Now I’m standing with these open hands, finally free

Becoming who I was created to be