You don’t break me

[Intro – low / tense]
You were supposed to be my shelter…
You became my storm.

[Verse 1]
I was a child searching your eyes for protection
Found storms, rejection, emotional infections
Every scream echoed deep in my bones
Every night I felt more alone
You chose his lies over my tears
Chose his comfort over my fears
I learned early love could betray
That “home” could be somewhere you pray to escape

Bruises invisible, silence loud
I carried pain you never allowed
You called me dramatic, called me wrong
I was just a kid trying to hold on
You stood beside the one who broke me
Then wondered why the world felt cold to me
I wasn’t weak — I was surviving
While you were busy denying.

[Hook]
You didn’t break me — you made me fight
You tried to dim me, I became light
I screamed inside for years at night
But I’m still standing, still upright
You gave me pain, I forged a spine
You gave me darkness, I learned to shine
I am not the damage you designed
I’m the survivor you couldn’t define.

[Verse 2]
I forgive for me, not for you
Because I refuse to carry what you threw
Forgiveness ain’t forgetting scars
It’s knowing I outgrew your wars
I was a child begging to be heard
You were a storm drowning my words
Now I’m a voice you can’t erase
A truth you can’t replace.

[Final Hook – louder / empowered]
You didn’t break me — you built my will
I climbed mountains you tried to kill
I am stronger, louder still
A heart you never could distill
You are my past — not my frame
I survived the flame.

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