The road back

Verse 1]

I was just a kid, too young to fight,

He stole my voice in the dead of night.

Said, “Don’t you tell,” and I never did,

Carried that weight like a buried lid.

Years went by, but it never left,

A hollowed-out soul with a heavy chest.

Smiled on the outside, died inside,

Didn’t even know how much I’d tried.

But I’m still breathing, still on my feet,

Took the long road through shame and deceit.

Did things I ain’t proud of, burned some days,

Cursed the mirror and pushed love away.

Then she came like truth in a world gone black,

Took my hand and walked me back.

She didn’t fix me — just stood by my side,

And showed me a man had nothing to hide.

I drank too hard, I ran from pain,

Thought if I numbed it, I’d break the chain.

Woke up alone more times than not,

In places and beds that love forgot.

But she saw through the smoke and scars,

Said, “You’ve been wounded, but you’ve come this far.”

She never asked me to be brand new,

Just honest, just real, just true.

Yeah, I’m still breathing, still on my feet,

Still dragging ghosts, but I won’t retreat.

Did things I ain’t proud of, lived out of grace,

But she never once looked away from my face.

She saw the boy, saw the man I could be,

And somehow she still believed in me.

Didn’t give up, didn’t turn back —

She walked with me down the road back.

Some wounds don’t close, they just get named,

You carry ‘em soft when you lose the shame.

I ain’t perfect — hell, I ain’t even close,

But I’m not that scared little kid no more.

Now I’m breathing deep, and I’m standing tall,

Still scarred, still healing, but I won’t fall.

I lived through the dark, now I’m chasing the light,

One honest step at a time each night.

She’s my compass, she’s my fight,

The reason I’m walking toward what’s right.

She loved me back when I lost track —

And now I’m home on the road back.