[Verse 1]
You said I was nothing
I wore it like a name tag
Practiced in the mirror
How to disappear
Handprints on the drywall
Silence like a shotgun
Photos in a shoebox
I keep under the bed
[Chorus]
Every word you threw
Cut straight through
Tiny little knives in my head
I am not your wound
I am not your ruin
I am not better off dead
You don’t get to write
How my story ends
I’m still here
I’m still here (hey)
You don’t get to write
How my story ends
[Verse 2]
Bruises under long sleeves
Lies under “I’m fine”
Shaking at the doorframe
Waiting for the slam
Memory is a movie
Stuck on every bad scene
But there’s a kid inside me
Still begging to be seen
[Chorus]
Every word you threw
Cut straight through
Tiny little knives in my head
I am not your wound
I am not your ruin
I am not better off dead
You don’t get to write
How my story ends
I’m still here
I’m still here (oh)
You don’t get to write
How my story ends
[Bridge]
If all I’ve got
Is this cracked-up heart
Then I’ll hold it
I’ll hold it
If all I am
Is this shaking voice
I’ll still use it
I’ll still use it (yeah)
[Chorus]
Every word you threw
Falls straight through
Losing all its power in the light
I am not your shame
I am not your blame
I am not a ruined life
You don’t get to write
How my story ends
I’m still here
I’m still here (hey)
You don’t get to write
How my story ends