Fractured

(Instrumental or whispered vocals / optional)

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I was raised in shadows no one else could see

Every word you threw at me became a part of me

“You’re never gonna make it,” carved into my skin

So I learned how to fold my pain and hide it deep within

Empty chairs at dinner, cold and bitter eyes

I built a broken smile out of all your sharpened lies

You called me dumb, unwanted, said I’d never rise

But I kept every shattered piece and turned them into light

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I was just a child begging for a hand

Left alone in ruins where I couldn’t stand

You left me crying in a place I didn’t understand

But I turned that fire into the reason I still am

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I am fractured, but I’m not destroyed

You tried to silence every part of my voice

Left me in pieces like I was a void

But I turned every scar into something alive

I am fractured — but I still survive

I still survive

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Nights I cried to ceilings, afraid to make a sound

Learned to live in silence, deep beneath the ground

Carried every whisper — “you’ll never be enough”

But those words became my armor when the world got rough

You vanished like thunder after summer rain

Left your shadow beating in the rivers of my veins

But I learned how to breathe through abandonment and pain

Now I write my name on every wall you said I couldn’t claim

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I was just a child, aching to belong

Now I use the voice you hated to write my battle song

Yes, I’m still cracked, but that don’t make me wrong

’Cause even broken hearts can still beat strong

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I am fractured, but I’m not destroyed

You tried to silence every part of my voice

Left me in pieces like I was a void

But I turned every scar into something alive

I am fractured — but I still survive

I still survive

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So here’s to every child who never had a choice

To the ones who never heard a gentle voice

To the ones whose names were spoken like a curse

We’ll sing louder than the ones who said we’re worth so much less

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I am fractured, but I’m not destroyed

You can’t erase me, can’t cancel my voice

Left me in pieces like I was a void

But I gathered every fragment and made them ignite

I am fractured — but I’m still alive

And that’s my fight — I survived

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(Soft echo of “I survived... I survived.” or instrumental fade)