[Verse 1]
You counted every failure like a score beside my name
You built your little kingdom out of rumors and of blame
But every locked-up drawer has got a key beneath the dust
And every hand that pushed me down will answer to the truth
[Pre-Chorus]
I heard the floorboards talking
I watched the paint peel back
The story you were hiding
Was written in the cracks
[Chorus]
You thought you won, you tried to destroy me
But I came back with my own name on me
Let the walls fall down, let the whole thing show
What you buried in the dark is coming up to the road
I’m not your wreckage, I’m not your warning
I choose myself when I wake in the morning
You thought you won, but now I know
The truth gets loud when the false world goes
[Verse 2]
The photographs are crooked, the curtains lost their red
The promises you polished turned to rust above your head
While everything around you starts to crack and lose its shape
I’m learning how to leave behind the person you could break
[Pre-Chorus]
No more begging for a place
At a table built to bruise
I can look myself in the face
And finally tell the truth
[Chorus]
You thought you won, you tried to destroy me
But I came back with my own name on me
Let the walls fall down, let the whole thing show
What you buried in the dark is coming up to the road
I’m not your wreckage, I’m not your warning
I choose myself when I wake in the morning
You thought you won, but now I know
The truth gets loud when the false world goes
[Bridge]
I used to measure my heart by the damage you left
Now I see a survivor in every breath
If the sky comes down, I’ll stand in the rain
Not the same old person, not the same old pain
I love this life I’m building with my own two hands
I love who I am, and I finally understand
[Final Chorus]
You thought you won, you tried to destroy me
But I came back with my own name on me
Let the walls fall down, let the whole thing show
I was never what you said, and now the whole world knows
I’m not your wreckage, I’m not your warning
I choose myself when I wake in the morning
You thought you won, but now I know
The truth gets loud when the false world goes
[Outro]
I love myself, I’m standing whole
I love myself, I’m taking control
Everything reveals itself in the end
And I’m becoming someone I can defend