[Verse 1]
I woke up with a shaking hand
And a heart that had been through hell
My name on a hard white line
My truth in a broken cell
I lost a lot to the bottle
Lost days I can't get back
But something in the wreckage
Kept pulling me off that track
[Pre-Chorus]
Now I can see
What I couldn't see
All that pain
Was setting me free
I had to fall
To learn to stand
And hold my life
In my own hands
[Chorus]
I was borrowed from the dark
(borrowed from the dark)
Now I love life with my whole heart
(with my whole heart)
What broke me taught me how to live
What took from me taught me how to give
I was borrowed from the dark
(borrowed from the dark)
[Verse 2]
I don't glamorize the ashes
I don't miss that hungry need
I remember the cold mornings
And the shame that came with me
But I found a kinder rhythm
In the breath and the little things
A cup of clean water
And the way a new day sings
[Pre-Chorus]
Now I can see
What I couldn't see
All that hurt
Was history
I had to lose
What held me down
To hear my own
True voice now
[Chorus]
I was borrowed from the dark
(borrowed from the dark)
Now I love life with my whole heart
(with my whole heart)
What broke me taught me how to live
What took from me taught me how to give
I was borrowed from the dark
(borrowed from the dark)
[Bridge]
So if you see me smiling
Don't call it luck alone
It's the work of getting honest
It's the miracle of bone
I thank the nights I nearly lost me
I thank the hands that stayed
I thank the fire in the ruins
And the life I chose to save
[Final Chorus]
I was borrowed from the dark
(borrowed from the dark)
Now I love life with my whole heart
(with my whole heart)
What broke me taught me how to live
What took from me taught me how to give
I was borrowed from the dark
And I came back shining hard
(borrowed from the dark)