The man I had to make

Verse 1

You count my scars like they’re my story

Like they’re the proof of all I am

But you never met the part of me

That decided what I’d never need

Pre-Chorus 1

You only saw the damage

And named the cost

But you never asked me

What it took from me

To not get lost

Chorus 1

I’m so much more than what you see

More than the scars you count on me

You see the weight, but not the spine

You see the storm, not what survived

I’m not the sum of what I lost

I’m not a ghost, I am not lost

I’m still here, still free

I’m so much more than what you see

(Yeah, what you see)

Verse 2

I learned to stand when no one noticed

To hold the line without a sound

I carried hope like contraband

Where breaking down was safer ground

I wore restraint like armor plating

Kept my name out of the flames

They thought my silence meant surrender

But I wasn’t saved by higher hands

Pre-Chorus 2

I saved myself, inch by inch

And when I almost vanished

Something in me refused to flinch

Chorus 2

I’m so much more than what you see

More than the scars you count on me

You see the weight, but not the spine

You see the storm, not what survived

I’m not the sum of what I lost

I’m not a ghost, I am not lost

I’m still here, still free

I’m so much more than what you see

(Yeah, what you see)

Bridge

I didn’t break

I didn’t stay

In the dark where no one clapped

I chose myself anyway

It wasn’t luck

It wasn’t fate

I am the man I had to make

Final Chorus / Anthem

I’m so much more than what you see

(What you see)

More than the scars you count on me

(So much more, yeah)

You see the weight, but not the spine

You see the storm, not what survived

(No-no-no)

I’m not the sum of what I lost

I’m not a ghost, I am not lost

(Not lost, not lost, na-na-na)

I’m still here, still free

(Here and free)

I’m so much more than what you see

(That’s what you see, you don’t see)

I’m so much more than what you see

(I’m so much more…)