Broken So Far Down

[Verse 1]
I remember that mattress
On the floor in July
Paint peeling from the hallway
You said you’re dead inside
All my friends stopped calling
I forgot my own name
You were tangled like barbed wire
In every thought I had
[Chorus]
I was broken so far down
I could taste the concrete
Thought I’d never get back up
Thought you’d always own me
Now I’m standing on that ground
You once used to haunt me
Turned the wreckage into crown
You don’t get to call me
[Verse 2]
You would slam every door frame
Just to hear something shake
I kept shrinking my body
Trying not to break
Counted all of your bottles
Like they might count as proof
I was faithful like gravity
You were cutting me loose
[Chorus]
I was broken so far down
I could taste the concrete
Thought I’d never get back up
Thought you’d always own me
Now I’m standing on that ground
You once used to haunt me
Turned the wreckage into crown
You don’t get to call me
[Bridge]
You taught me how to live
On the edge of a knife (yeah)
Now I walk past the mirror
And I like my own eyes
You’re an echo in a room
That I boarded up tight
I found fire in the ruins
I found color in the night (hey!)
[Chorus]
I was broken so far down
I could taste the concrete
Thought I’d never get back up
Thought you’d always own me
Now I’m standing on that ground
You once used to haunt me
Turned the wreckage into crown
You don’t get to call me
[Outro]
So here’s to the fallout
Here’s to every last scar
You were only the blackout
I’m the rising of the stars (oh)
Broken so far down
Now I’m walking out proud

rock, 90s alt-rock grit with overdriven guitars and roomy drums; verses hang on palm-muted tension, bass warm and present. Chorus explodes with wide distorted power chords and stacked male vocals, a touch of plate reverb. Middle section strips to bass and drums before a feedback-soaked final chorus and shout-along outro., hard rock, light, alternative rock, strong