[Intro]
[soft whistle melody]
Breath in my lungs
Ghosts in my throat
I turn that hurt
Into a note
[Verse 1]
Mama on the couch
Eyes like empty rooms
Pills on the counter
TV stuck on news
I was in the hallway
Shaking in my shoes
Praying every quiet night would not be final truth
Hands on my ears
Still hearing them fight
Walls so thin
They were slicing my mind
Told myself
“Kid
You ain't built for this life”
But a crack in my chest let the daylight climb
[Chorus]
So I whistle from my soul
Let the pain blow out
Turn a lifetime of “why me” to a war cry now
Every scar in my skin is a line I wrote
I was buried in the dark
Now I bloom from the stone
I whistle from my soul
Let the hurt unwind
Every tear that I shed is a verse in time
Yeah
I carried all that weight till it broke my bones
Now I’m singing to the sky
I survived
I’m home (ooh)
[Verse 2]
Friends in the dirt
Names carved in wood
Text I ain't send when I knew that I should
Blame in my chest like “you never did enough”
Silence on the screen
That silence was rough
Therapist chair
I ain't wanna speak
Tongue so tied
Felt safer to bleed
But I cracked one joke
Then I cracked one truth
Next thing I knew
I was spilling my youth
Saw my reflection with swollen eyes
Thought
“That little kid still hoping inside”
Took his hand
Said
“We gon’ rewrite this life”
Every broken little piece gonna shine so bright (yeah)
[Chorus]
So I whistle from my soul
Let the pain blow out
Turn a lifetime of “why me” to a war cry now
Every scar in my skin is a line I wrote
I was buried in the dark
Now I bloom from the stone
I whistle from my soul
Let the hurt unwind
Every tear that I shed is a verse in time
Yeah
I carried all that weight till it broke my bones
Now I’m singing to the sky
I survived
I’m home (I’m home)
[Bridge]
All of that shame?
I lay it down
All of that rage?
I bleed it out
If my voice shakes
Let it shake loud
If my heart breaks
Let it break proud (hey!)
[Chorus]
I whistle from my soul
Let the pain blow out
Turn a lifetime of “why me” to a war cry now
Every scar in my skin is a line I wrote
I was buried in the dark
Now I bloom from the stone
I whistle from my soul
Let the hurt unwind
Every tear that I shed is a verse in time
Yeah
I walked through the fire
But I kept my glow
Now my hurt is a hymn and my heart is a home (ooh yeah)