[Verse 1]
Hands on my throat
but he said it was love
Door slammed, dead bolt
I learned to stay tough
Stepmom in a cage
Birth mom just a name
Grandma with her rosary
praying over my rage
Four little faces
watch me fall apart
I put cartoons on
to cover up my scars
[Pre-Chorus]
I was raised on chancla and prayers
Old school rules, old school stares
"Girl, be quiet, life ain't fair"
But the ghosts still sleep in my chair
[Chorus]
This is my razor wire lullaby (ahh)
Screaming my story, I won't lie (I won't lie)
PTSD in my veins, but I
turn every bruise to a battle cry
I'm breaking every chain he tied
You can't bury me alive
This is my razor wire lullaby
Watch me crawl, then rise
[Verse 2]
Head full of flashbacks
He’s the monster in the hall
But I got four reasons
never letting myself fall
Pills on the counter
tears in the sink
Grandma says "mija,
you’re stronger than you think"
I shake when they shout
I flinch at the door
But I stand in the mirror
and swear I’m worth more
[Pre-Chorus]
Yeah, I was raised on tough love and guilt
On slammed plates, fractures in the quilt
But my daughters, my sons, they will
only know hands made to build
[Chorus]
This is my razor wire lullaby (ahh)
Screaming my story, I won't lie (I won't lie)
PTSD in my veins, but I
turn every bruise to a battle cry
I'm breaking every chain he tied
You can't bury me alive
This is my razor wire lullaby
Watch me crawl, then rise
[Bridge]
I am the storm that he made
the calm that my babies crave
I am the girl that survived
and the woman that will not hide
(Yeah) for every night I bled
I lay armor round their bed
He locked us in his hell
I kicked down the cell
[Chorus]
This is my razor wire lullaby (ahh)
Screaming my story, I won't lie (I won't lie)
PTSD in my veins, but I
turn every bruise to a battle cry
I'm breaking every chain he tied
You can't bury me alive
This is my razor wire lullaby
Watch me burn, then rise