The Scarred Healer

[Verse]
A mark runs jagged down my cheek
The mirror winces
It won't speak
Shadows gather
Whispers crawl
Every gaze
A judgment call
[Chorus]
Turned away
Turned away
Every face so cold
But these hands
These hands
They hold
All the wounds
All the tears they hid in shame
Now they beg for the scarred girl's name
[Verse 2]
The forest sang
It knew my pain
Roots grew strong where none remain
I stitched the earth
I mended sky
Yet still they looked and passed me by
[Prechorus]
But their broken hearts came searching
When their pain outweighed their scorn
[Chorus]
Turned away
Turned away
Every face so cold
But these hands
These hands
They hold
All the wounds
All the tears they hid in shame
Now they beg for the scarred girl's name
[Bridge]
They never asked where I was born
Never cared ‘til they were torn
Now their prayers ring through the air
And for once
I’m not the one to despair

with a melancholic edge., haunting, emo, folk, world, building to a swelling chorus with light strings and ambient textures. the tone is intimate yet defiant, female vocals with raw, acoustic, emotional delivery. soft fingerpicked guitar underpins the verses