Lyrics
[Intro] A cold room, a locked door Your name pressed into the floor [Verse 1] I kept the letters in a kitchen drawer Beside the keys you never asked for The paint is peeling where you marked the wall A little proof I mattered at all I learned to breathe through the bitter taste Of every promise you erased Now every step across this house Says I am louder without you around [Pre-Chorus] You thought the silence made me small But I was gathering strength beneath it all [Chorus] I won’t carry your weight anymore I won’t bleed on the same old floor Let the ruin take what it came to claim I’m still here, and I know my name [Verse 2] The winter coat still hangs behind the stairs Holding the shape of somebody who cared I took it down and opened the door Left the dust where it belonged before There’s a train line humming past the town And for the first time, I’m not turning around The ache is real, but so is the road I cut the cord and shouldered my own load [Pre-Chorus] You thought the silence made me small But I was gathering strength beneath it all [Chorus] I won’t carry your weight anymore I won’t bleed on the same old floor Let the ruin take what it came to claim I’m still here, and I know my name [Breakdown] Stand back Watch me take it back No more fear No more disappearing here You built this cage I learned to break the frame [Bridge] If I tremble, let me tremble If I fall, I’ll rise again Every scar becomes a signal Pointing past the bitter end [Final Chorus] I won’t carry your weight anymore I won’t bleed on the same old floor Let the ruin take what it came to claim I’m still here, and I know my name I won’t bow to the voice that kept me low I won’t return to the place I outgrew From the ashes of the life you rearranged I step forward, unafraid [Outro] The door shuts once The road opens wide I know my name I’m still alive
