I Became What I Survived

Verse 1

I learned how to breathe in a burning room

Called chaos home, called damage proof

Every scar was a map I followed blind

Trying to outrun what was chasing my spine

They said “heal up, leave it behind”

But pain don’t vanish, it just changes time

I carried the weight like a family name

Every step forward still smelled like flame

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Pre-Chorus

I thought surviving meant I’d feel alive

But I just learned how not to die

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Chorus

I became what I survived

Wore the wreckage like a suit and tie

Built my strength out of goodbyes

And nights I couldn’t sleep through

I didn’t win, I just arrived

Somewhere past the fear I couldn’t hide

I didn’t escape the fire

I became what I survived

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Verse 2

I learned real fast what mercy costs

When forgiveness feels like another loss

I kept my mouth shut, kept my head down

Learned how to smile through a silent breakdown

They call it growth when you don’t react

But numbness ain’t peace, it’s just impact

I don’t flinch now, I don’t cry loud

That’s not healing — that’s training ground

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Pre-Chorus

I used to pray for a second chance

Now I just stand where the damage stands

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Chorus

I became what I survived

Turned the hurt into a way of life

Every lesson cut me twice

But I still kept moving

I didn’t heal, I just arrived

Past the version that begged to hide

I didn’t outrun the night

I became what I survived

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Bridge

If this is strength, why does it ache?

Why does peace still feel like a mistake?

They say I’m better, say I’m changed

But they don’t hear the chains I keep

I don’t miss the pain — I miss the proof

That something mattered when it bruised

If I’m standing now, it’s not by grace

It’s repetition in a darker place

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Break

I didn’t rise clean

I didn’t come back whole

I learned how to live

With the cost I was owed

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Final Chorus

I became what I survived

Not the dream, not the lie

Just a man who learned to walk

With the fire still inside

I didn’t beat the past

I didn’t rewrite time

I didn’t leave it all behind

I became what I survived

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Outro

Still breathing

Still here

Still carrying what didn’t disappear