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Lyrics
[Verse 1]
You said you were joking
I laughed so you’d stop
Plate on the table
My heart on the chopping block
You never learned listening
You only learned loud
I memorized footsteps
Just to disappear in the crowd
[Chorus]
You gave me secondhand scars
Hand-me-down hurt in the shape of your arms
I wear your words like they’re stitched in my skin
Trying to love you from a safer distance
Secondhand scars
I’m not passing them on
[Verse 2]
You called it “toughening up”
When my eyes filled with rain
Told me to stand like a soldier
While you were loading the pain
I grew up early
You stayed the same
I changed my last name in my head
Long before I could change
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
I keep your picture in a drawer
Face down
Frame cracked on the side
Some days I hear your voice
And I almost dial
I’m learning how to be
What you never tried to be
A gentle kind of strong
That sets a child free
[Chorus]
Details
GeneratedDec 25, 2025
Duration2:39
LanguageEnglish
Style
Sparse piano ballad with intimate male vocals up close in the mix. First verse almost spoken over soft keys and distant room reverb; chorus blooms with warm pads and low strings, kick and tambourine pulsing gently for lift. Bridge strips back to just vocal and piano before a final, restrained chorus with stacked harmonies and a lingering, unresolved chord.
Credits
Prompt by
Luna_mae
Luna_maeModelAria v5
Prompt
A song about being hurt by my father
