

Prompt / Lyrics
There ain’t nobody else to blame now. Just the man I became… and the boy that survived. ⸻ Verse 1 — Angry Self I will burn bridges while standing on it Just to remind you I don’t mind swimming I learned real young don’t nobody stay So leaving first feel like winning I wasn’t raised on love and patience I was raised on fear and silence First five years taught one truth Love and pain spoke the same language Hands that fed me also hurt me Voices that held me also cursed me So tell me why you act surprised That something broken still lives inside me You call it wrong, I call it defense You call it pain, I call it sense You had a chance to grow up safe I only had what I was left with ⸻ Verse 2 — Positive Self I know where all that anger lives I remember every door that closed I remember wishing I was gone At an age nobody should know But that ain’t where the story ended Someone reached and pulled us out Gave us food, gave us a name Gave us something to be proud about They showed us work could build a life They showed us trust could still exist They showed us love without a price You don’t get to pretend that don’t exist I ain’t your enemy, I’m proof We didn’t become what hurt us then You ain’t just who we had to be You’re also who we chose to be since then ⸻ Chorus — Both Angry Self: If I don’t fight, I disappear Positive Self: If you don’t stop, there’ll be nothing here Angry Self: Pain is the only thing that’s true Positive Self: Pain ain’t the only version of you Both: Me vs me, who survives tonight The hand that heals or the hand that fights Same damn soul, same damn skin I don’t know which one wins ⸻ Verse 3 — Angry Self It’s crazy how self-destruction Feels like proof that they were wrong Like if I break it with my own hands At least the loss belongs You say we had a second chance But you don’t know what it cost to trust Every good thing feels temporary Every safe thing feels like luck So don’t tell me I ain’t earned this rage Don’t tell me I ain’t got that right I survived the version of hell Most people never see in life I became this to stay alive You became soft cause you forgot What it took just to make it out Of everything that we were not ⸻ Verse 4 — Positive Self I didn’t forget — I carry it daily I just don’t let it drive anymore You think holding on keeps us safe But it’s keeping us at war Yeah, we were shaped by broken hands But we were also reshaped by love By people who didn’t have to stay But stayed when things got rough They gave us space to become more Than what was done to us back then You say rage is all we know But that ain’t how the story ends You ain’t weak for wanting peace You ain’t fake for letting go You ain’t betraying who we were You’re protecting who we’ve grown Chorus Angry Self: If I don’t fight, I disappear Positive Self: If you don’t stop, there’ll be nothing here Both: Me vs me, who survives tonight The hand that heals or the hand that fights Same damn soul, Same damn fight
Tags
Dark Country Soul, southern gothic, backing vocals, male, expressive
5:00
No
2/16/2026