Carry What He Broke

[Verse 1]
You flip the lighter
Watch my hands
Checking every shadow
For his face again
He swore forever
Then he swore at me
Turned every sorry
Into gasoline
[Pre-Chorus]
I still flinch when someone raises their voice
I still rehearse how I leave
Like I got no choice
[Chorus]
Will you carry what he broke
All these shards under my skin
Hold me like I’m not a joke
Like the damage isn’t sin
Can you see the little kid
Hiding under all this smoke
If I hand you all my ghosts
Will you carry what he broke
[Verse 2]
He’d smile on Sunday
Lose his mind by night
Called it just a bad day
I called it my life
Taught me how to tiptoe
Round a walking storm
Now I’m scared you’ll hate me
If I’m not your norm
[Pre-Chorus]
I still freeze when I can’t read your eyes
I still expect every promise is a pretty lie
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
I come with warnings
Fine print
Red flags
Half-packed suitcase
Heart full of tags
[low vocal register]
If I say
“I’m messed up
” will you stay anyway
If I hand you my history
Will you hold
Not run away
[crescendo]
[Chorus]

Dark emo-electro with female vocals; glassy arps and detuned pads over a pulsing, sidechained bass. Verses stay intimate and close-mic’d with sparse kick and distant claps; chorus explodes with layered gang-style harmonies, distorted synth lead, and crushed parallel drums. Bridge strips down to filtered keys and sub before a final, bigger chorus with ad-libs and a high countermelody., emo, electro