[Verse 1]
I wore that weight
Like a second skin
Every breath
A bargain
Every step
Thin ice
Kept all my hurt
Folded into corners
Of a room in my chest
I never let you see inside
[Pre-Chorus]
But the ghosts got tired
Of haunting the same old hall
And the cracks in the mirror
Became a doorway
Not a wall
[Chorus]
I am not your wound anymore
I walked out the fire
Left the ash on the floor
Every scar on my body
A line in the creed
I burned through the longing
Now I’m learning to breathe
I am not your wound
I am finally free
[Verse 2]
There was a dawn
That didn’t ask permission
Just climbed the blinds
And touched my face
I felt the pull
Of an unnamed distance
And for once
I didn’t flinch
When I heard my own name
[Pre-Chorus]
All the chains felt hollow
Every link just air
I stepped through the silence
Found myself already there
[Chorus]
I am not your wound anymore
I walked out the fire
Left the ash on the floor
Every scar on my body
A line in the creed
I buried the sorrow
Now I’m built on the seed
I am not your wound
I am finally free
[Bridge]
I forgive what I can
Let the rest stay gone
Laid grief in the ground
Now I stand on that soil (oh)
If my hands still tremble
They tremble with life
Not fear
Not shame
Just blood in its rightful riot
[Chorus]
I am not your wound anymore
I walked out the fire
Left the ash on the floor
Every scar on my body
A line I believed
I rise from the ruin
With a furious peace
I am not your wound
I am finally free
[Outro]
Ash from the anchor
Blown from my tongue
I speak like a future
Not a funeral song