Myself

Verse 1

Small feet on cold tile, midnight crayons under beds

Mama’s lullaby stitched inside my threadbare head

Skinned knees, cassette tapes, promises we never said

Counted stars in cereal boxes, hid the shame instead

Little fights with monsters in the closet of my mind

Traded every smile for silence just to feel aligned

I learned how to bend so bruises felt like they were mine

But sunflowers still grew where I left seeds behind

Pre-Chorus

And the nights kept whisperin’, “Don’t forget where you came from”

I kept signin’ names to ghosts and learnin’ to be brave, son

Chorus

I went from broken cartoons to leavin’ scars behind

From bad nights in the rearview to mornings I can find

I painted out the darkness till the colors kept me tight

From childhood to the daylight, I’m learnin’ how to fly

Verse 2

Teenage heart on speaker, worried lines in every rhyme

Took tequila for a teacher, called it courage every time

Fallin’ in and out of hopes like seasons never mine

But every winter softened, every winter turned me kind

Counted losses like a ledger, traded sorrow for a pen

Wrote letters to the boy who thought he wouldn’t live again

Found a friend in melody, a medicine in breath

Now I stitch my wounds to songs and give my past a rest

Pre-Chorus

And the voices get quieter, I hand them keys and let them roam

Opened windows in my chest, turned the silence into home

Chorus

I went from broken cartoons to leavin’ scars behind

From bad nights in the rearview to mornings I can find

I painted out the darkness till the colors kept me tight

From childhood to the daylight, I’m learnin’ how to fly

Bridge

Yeah, the clocks kept tickin’ on the corner of my fears

I talked to angels softly through the echoes of my tears

You don’t lose yourself just ’cause the map is torn and blurred

You learn the lines between the beats, you find the voice inside your words

Final Chorus

I went from broken cartoons to leavin’ scars behind

From bad nights in the rearview to mornings I can find

I paint the