[Verse 1]
Mama broke plates in the sink
Daddy slammed doors through the night
Sirens wrote stripes on our walls
And I learned how to stay small
Smoke in the curtains, lies on the floor
I watched love bleed out by the porch
[Pre-Chorus]
I knew that poison by name
Saw what it stole, saw the shame
I made a vow in the dark
That chain ends here in my heart
[Chorus]
I won't touch that fire
I won't learn that lie
I won't pass that blade
To my boy's young eyes
Cycle, meet the ground
I'm the last one now
(I'm the last one now)
[Verse 2]
Daddy in and out of the jailhouse
Momma on the phone crying loud
Bills stacked up like old regrets
I was raising myself by twelve
Now I pack lunch in a red school bag
And I kiss that forehead before class
When the hurt starts pulling my name
I turn away, I do not chase
[Pre-Chorus]
I know that poison by name
I know the way it digs in
I made a vow in the dark
My son gets peace where I begin
[Chorus]
I won't touch that fire
I won't learn that lie
I won't pass that blade
To my boy's young eyes
Cycle, meet the ground
I'm the last one now
(I'm the last one now)
[Bridge]
If my hands shake, I hold on tight
If the night gets mean, I choose daylight
I bury the hurt where it can't grow
So my boy can run, so my boy can know
Home ain't fear
Home ain't shame
Home is a child who can say my name
[Final Chorus]
I won't touch that fire
I won't learn that lie
I won't pass that blade
To my boy's young eyes
Cycle, meet the ground
I'm the last one now
(I'm the last one now)
Cycle, meet the ground
My son lives safe somehow