(Verse 1)
I held your name like a secret I was too afraid to tell,
Every word I swallowed left a scar I couldn’t hide so well.
The walls were breathing, the shadows knew my every lie,
And I kept pretending that the silence wouldn’t pull me under, wouldn’t drag me down and drown me dry.
(Pre-Chorus)
Don’t tell me it’s okay — I’ve heard that lie a thousand times,
It cuts deeper than the truth when it’s wrapped in pretty lines.
I’m standing at the edge, my hands are shaking, voice is low,
But I’ll scream it out this time — I won’t let it stay below.
(Chorus)
So break me wide open, let the light spill in and burn,
I’d rather feel the pain than live another night like this, numb and cold and turning.
Tear down the walls I built to keep the world from seeing me,
Because the worst kind of empty is the kind that looks like everything I need.
(Verse 2)
You said we’d be the kind of story people write about,
But we became the chapter no one reads, the page they rip right out.
I tried to stitch the pieces back with words that never fit,
And every time I called your name, it echoed back as static, hollow, lost inside this static shit.
(Bridge — darker, lower, building tension)
I don’t want your pity, I don’t need your forgiveness now,
Just give me one honest wound, one truth I can wear like a crown.
Let me bleed this out until there’s nothing left to hide,
Until the silence isn’t heavy anymore — just empty, just alive.
(Breakdown — raw, aggressive)
Tell me I’m wrong! Tell me I’m weak!
I’ll take it all — every curse, every scream!
I’d rather burn to ash than fade away in gray,
In this cold, cold gray…
(Chorus — full power)
So break me wide open, let the light spill in and burn,
I’d rather feel the pain than live another night like this, numb and cold and turning.
Tear down the walls I built to keep the world from seeing me,
Because the worst kind of empty is the kind that looks like everything I need.
(Outro)
Everything I loved became the thing that broke me in two,
But I’ll hold on to the pieces — they’re the only proof I knew.
I knew…
I knew…
