half erased by Tonenico - Zona

half erased by Tonenico - Zona

Lyrics

[Verse 1 – restrained, intimate]

I learned how to measure my breathing

So no one could hear me alive

Turned every bruise into silence

Called it “I’m doing just fine”

I learned how to make myself smaller

So the room wouldn’t notice my name

Swallowed a scream like a promise

I was never meant to sustain

[Pre-Chorus – rising tension]

They said, “time heals everything”

But time just taught me control

There’s a line between surviving

And being whole

[Chorus – BIG, driving, anthemic]

I will not wait for a door to open

If it’s locked, I’ll break my way out

I’ve been moving on stubborn motion

With a heart that won’t shut down

If survival is a kind of violence

Then I learned it young, learned it fast

I will not wait for a door to open

I’ve been running half erased, scarred

(Half erased, scarred)

[Verse 2 – rhythmic, darker confidence]

I carry a past that still clears rooms

Like smoke that won’t disappear

Every kindness feels conditional

Every victory comes too late here

I trusted the wrong kind of silence

Loved things that cut me apart

But there’s a pulse under all this damage

Still beating hard in my heart

[Pre-Chorus 2 – lift with harmonies]

I don’t believe in miracles

I believe in standing torn

I believe in becoming something

Just to prove I was born

[Chorus – stacked vocals, bigger]

I will not wait for a door to open

If it’s locked, I’ll break my way out

I’ve been moving on stubborn motion

With a heart that won’t shut down

If survival is a kind of violence

Then I learned it young, learned it fast

I will not wait for a door to open

I’ve been running half erased, scarred

(Half erased, scarred)

[Bridge – stripped, then build / chant feel]

No rescue coming for me

No clean end, no apology

Just my hands, shaking but steady

Building life out of refusal

I didn’t heal

—I adapted

I didn’t win

—I lasted

(Say it)

I lasted

[Final Chorus – FULL POWER, anthem mode]

I will not wait for a door to open

If it’s locked, I’ll tear the frame apart

I’ve been moving on stubborn motion

With the wreckage of a stubborn heart

If survival is a kind of violence

Then I learned it from the start

I will not wait for a door to open

I’m still here — breathing, scarred

[Outro – quiet, resolute]

Call it damage

Call it sin

Call it anything

(I’m still in)

Yeah-I’m still in