Not Your Mistake

Verse 1:

I walk these halls with my eyes cast low,

Their words like knives, cutting as they go.

They painted my face with colors untrue,

Wearing their labels like a costume I never knew.

Pre-Chorus:

They stare, but they don’t really see,

Claim they know the truth about me.

But I’m not the part they made me play,

I’m not the villain in their play.

Chorus:

I’m a boy caught in a script I didn’t write,

Carrying blame that’s never felt right.

They see the cracks but not the flame,

There’s more to me than a twisted name.

Verse 2:

Every glance is a loaded gun,

They judge the battle, but not what I’ve done.

Inside me roars a storm unspoken,

But they’re too loud to hear what’s broken.

Pre-Chorus:

They stare, but they don’t really see,

Claim they know the truth about me.

But I’m not the part they made me play,

I’m not the villain in their play.

Chorus:

I’m a boy caught in a script I didn’t write,

Carrying blame that’s never felt right.

They see the cracks but not the flame,

There’s more to me than a twisted name.

Bridge:

I’ll rise through the silence, I’ll shatter the frame,

Rewrite my story, reclaim my name.

I won’t be your target, won’t be your lie,

I’m stepping out, I’m learning to fly.

Final Chorus:

I’m a boy caught in a script I now erase,

No longer trapped, I’ve found my place.

Breaking these chains, lighting my way,

I’m the fire that won’t fade away.

Outro:

Let your echoes die, let your stories fall,

I’m not your mistake—I was never small.

You don’t define who I’ll become,

This is my truth, and I’ve just begun.