[Intro]
Yeah
I was gone
Way gone
Listen
[Verse 1]
Empty room
Phone off, face down
Same four walls
Same dark playground
Trust issues
Like tattoos burned in
Every new scar
Felt like a warning
Eyes red
Didn’t cry, just restless
Heart cold
I was proud of my wreckage
Told myself
I ain’t need no soul
Just a locked-up chest
And control
[Chorus]
’Cause the dark in my heart took over
Ran my life like it owned my name
Every step that I took got colder
Every win felt just like shame
Then you walked in, light right through me (yeah)
Pulled me back when I slipped off track
Said, “You ain’t what your past did to you”
Now I’m finally out of the black
(out of the black, out of the black)
[Verse 2]
You saw through
Every mask I’d crafted
Every sharp word
Every fake-laugh tactic
You ain’t flinch
When I showed that damage
You just held on
Told me I could manage
“Breathe now”
You said, “We not breakin”
Laid with me
While my whole world shaken
Took my hands
From my own throat, gently
Taught me how to be soft
Not empty (yeah)
[Chorus]
’Cause the dark in my heart took over
Ran my life like it owned my name
Every step that I took got colder
Every win felt just like shame
Then you walked in, light right through me (right through)
Pulled me back when I slipped off track
Said, “You ain’t what your past did to you”
Now I’m finally out of the black
(out of the black, out of the black)
[Bridge]
I still hear that shadow talk sometimes (sometimes)
Telling me run, telling me hide
But your voice cuts through that noise so fast
“Baby, you’re here, you made it back” (made it back)
[Chorus]
Yeah, the dark in my heart took over
Tried to drag me, lock me in place
Then your love hit deep like thunder
Put a sunrise over that ache
You walked in, light right through me (oh yeah)
Pulled me back when I lost my path
Now my chest beat strong, not hollow
’Cause of you I’m out of the black
(out of the black, out of the black)