BUILT OUT OF BRUISES by foxy_flux - Zona

BUILT OUT OF BRUISES by foxy_flux - Zona

Lyrics

[Intro-Soft piano, lonely A- guitar, steel guitar, slow beat kick drum]

There’s a woman in the mirror

Still standing

Somehow.

[Verse 1- A-guitar, warm piano, gentle fiddle]

Every morning starts the same,

Wipe the hurt before it leaves a stain.

Paint a smile across cracked skin,

Pray today won’t pull me back again.

I’ve built these walls with broken hands,

Brick by brick from shifting sand.

People ask me why I’m cold

They’ve never carried what I hold.

[Pre-Chorus-Bass enters, toms building, emotional strings]

Trust don’t come in easy

Hope costs more than I can pay.

So I keep one eye on every door

Just in case they walk away.

[Chorus-Full band, soaring steel guitar,female vocal, crash drums]

I’m built out of bruises,

Held together by scars.

Still chasing tomorrow

While I’m dragging yesterday this far.

I fight back tears that nobody sees,

Learning how to breathe while I’m down on my knees.

I crave somebody

But nobody stays.

So I love from a distance

And survive another day.

[Verse 2- acoustic, haunting e-guitar swells]

Loneliness became my home,

Even when the room is full.

I miss the family I once knew

The laughs

The chaos

The Sunday afternoons.

Now silence eats beside my chair,

Empty pictures fill the air.

Everybody disappeared

Or maybe I just pushed them there.

[Pre-Chorus 2-Grow drums, emotional harms]

Court dates hanging over me,

Trying hard to walk that line.

One wrong step could steal tomorrow

One bad choice could steal my life.

[Chorus-Bigger drums, layered harms, E-guitar]

I’m built out of bruises,

Held together by scars.

Still chasing tomorrow

While I’m dragging yesterday this far.

I fight back tears that nobody sees,

Learning how to breathe while I’m down on my knees.

I crave somebody

But nobody stays.

So I love from a distance

And survive another day.

[Bridge-piano and cello, intimate vocal]

I’ve danced with demons

Called addiction by its name.

Watched it steal the light inside me

Then convinced me I should stay.

I’ve always loved the dangerous roads,

The ones that make my heartbeat race.

Freedom always wore handcuffs

Every thrill came with a price to pay.

I’m stubborn enough to fight the storm

Too proud to scream for help.

So I carry every battle

By myself.

[Breakdown-Low piano, whispered harmonies, soft kick drum]

Don’t mistake my silence for peace

I’m surviving.

Don’t mistake these walls for strength

They’re hiding.

I still dream somebody stays

Long enough

To prove me wrong.

[Final-full band, choir harms, guitar]

I’m built out of bruises,

Held together by scars.

Still reaching for heaven

With both hands full of my past.

I fight back tears that nobody sees,

Still finding the woman buried in me.

I still want affection

Still ache to belong.

Even shattered hearts keep beating

Even broken souls stay strong

No

I ain’t who I used to be

But I ain’t giving up on me.

[Outro-guitar,piano,strings]

Tomorrow…

I’ll fight the these tears again.

And if I fall

I’ll stand

Again.

Built out of bruises

Still standing.