[Verse 1]
I packed my name in a paper bag
Left your key on the table
You said love was a closed-in room
I was young, I was able
You kept my phone face down
Like my family was the crime
Said "skip those calls, stay here with me"
I mistook that for time
[Pre-Chorus]
But the walls got thin
And the air got mean
Every promise had teeth
Beneath the sheen
[Chorus]
I’m done with that house
I’m done with that chain
I’m starting again
I’m starting again
(Starting again)
You don’t get my blood
You don’t get my tears
I’m starting again
After all these years
(Starting again)
[Verse 2]
Almost wore the ring
Like a bruise on my hand
Almost said forever
Just to fit your plan
You wanted the silence
You wanted me split
From my mother’s voice
From the ones that exist
I see it now in daylight
Sharp as broken glass
That kind of “us” was only
Me learned to disappear fast
[Pre-Chorus]
But the walls got thin
And the air got mean
Every promise had teeth
Beneath the sheen
[Chorus]
I’m done with that house
I’m done with that chain
I’m starting again
I’m starting again
(Starting again)
You don’t get my blood
You don’t get my tears
I’m starting again
After all these years
(Starting again)
[Bridge]
I called my sister back
Hands shaking on the line
She said, “Baby, come home”
And I cried for the first time
Not every scar is a sentence
Not every fear is true
I’m not that girl in your shadow
I’m somebody new
[Final Chorus]
I’m done with that house
I’m done with that chain
I’m starting again
I’m starting again
(Starting again)
You don’t get my blood
You don’t get my tears
I’m starting again
I’m starting again
(Starting again)