(Alt titles: “Delete My Past”, “Locked Door”, “Lesson in the Pain”)
[Verse 1]
I locked the door, the lights were low
No one knew where I would go
Clickin’ tabs and chasin’ love
On dirty screens, I fell too much
Lookin’ for hugs in empty text
Tryna feel what I’d never get
A box of shame, a trail of names
Each one gone, but I’m still the same
[Pre-Chorus]
You can lie to the mirror, but your soul still knows
All the places that you shouldn’t have gone
Tried to be brave in a whisper and code
But it all felt wrong…
[Chorus]
Secrets in the shadows, photos I regret
Love turned into pressure, hearts I never met
Burned in the moment, frozen in the screen
Tryna be somebody, but losing me
I was drowning in attention,
Textin’ pain disguised as pleasure
Now I’m rising from the wreckage
Time to delete my past forever
[Verse 2]
Met a stranger in the night
Didn’t say no, didn’t feel right
A lie to my aunt, a truth in the scar
Tried to hide, but it went too far
Kissed a boy who knew my name
But never once knew my real pain
Lived two lives, both a lie
Until one day, I said goodbye
[Pre-Chorus]
Can’t rewind the footage, can’t un-send the pic
But I can say I’m done with it
Let the shame be a lesson, not a chain
And break the cycle, not the same
[Chorus]
Secrets in the shadows, photos I regret
Love turned into pressure, hearts I never met
Burned in the moment, frozen in the screen
Tryna be somebody, but losing me
I was drowning in attention,
Textin’ pain disguised as pleasure
Now I’m rising from the wreckage
Time to delete my past forever
[Bridge]
And maybe I was never bad
Just a kid who needed love so bad
Got lost in lies behind a cam
Gave all of me to empty hands
But I forgive that broken me
And I’m not what they made me be
I’ve made mistakes, but I’m not done
I’ll build my future one by one
[Final Chorus]
No more secrets in the shadows, I’m done with regret
No more love that leaves me empty and forgets
I burned some bridges, but I saved my soul
No longer playin’ someone else’s role
I was drowning in the silence
Now I rise in my defiance
Gonna live and love with purpose
And delete my past… on purpose.
[Outro - spoken/sung softly]
I’m not what I did…
I’m what I choose to do now.
This is my new beginning.
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