Borrowed Rooms

Verse 1

I learned early how to read the room

Count the cracks before the walls fell through

Smiles spoken louder than the truth

Promises that never stayed immune

I wore my heart like borrowed clothes

Tried to fit where I outgrew

Hands that held me just enough

To remind me what they could undo

⸻

Pre-Chorus

They said, “Stay quiet, play your part”

I nodded while I broke apart

But silence taught me how to hear

The sound of strength when fear departs

⸻

Chorus

I bent, I bruised, I didn’t break

I walked through fire they couldn’t fake

I carried weight that wasn’t mine

Still standing in the light

I lost myself to find my name

Outgrew the rooms that fed on pain

You don’t see scars — you see the shine

Still standing in the light

⸻

Verse 2

There were mirrors with moving faces

Changing rules mid-game, mid-sentence

Gold chains dressed up as chances

Control disguised as common sense

I gave my time, my hands, my faith

Built towers I was never in

When the ladder slipped beneath my feet

They called it “character,” not sin

⸻

Pre-Chorus

Funny how the ones who take

Call loyalty a debt you owe

But pressure makes the diamond rise

And cracks the glass they hide below

⸻

Chorus

I bent, I bruised, I didn’t break

I walked through fire they couldn’t fake

I carried weight that wasn’t mine

Still standing in the light

I lost myself to find my name

Outgrew the rooms that fed on pain

You don’t see scars — you see the shine

Still standing in the light

⸻

Bridge

I stopped explaining my worth

To people paid to misunderstand

Turned my wounds into a map

And finally chose where I stand

What they whispered in the dark

I turned into a spark

Some call it luck, some call it fate

I call it choosing me at last

⸻

Final Chorus (Lift)

I bent, I bruised, I didn’t break

I learned which chains were mine to shake

I made a home inside my spine

Still standing in the light

No more shrinking, no disguise

No more asking to survive

I didn’t just escape the night

I became the light

⸻

Outro

If you hear this and it sounds like you

Then maybe you’ve been there too

Some storms don’t come to drown you out

They come to show you what you can do