Scars Don't Lie

They see the smile, and I see the nights you didn't wanna wake up

They hear your laugh, but they don't know what you buried just to breathe

Scars don't lie, but they do speak

These scars don't lie, they just speak soft truth

Every line in my skin's got a piece of proof

That I fell, got crushed, but I still stood tall

Took pain in the chest, but refused to fall

Yeah, these scars don't lie, they're my battle sign

I've been bruised, been lost, but I never resigned

If you see me smile, just know what I've seen

I'm a fighter in the fire with a soul that bleeds

I come from where the gravel meets broken dreams

Where the nights cut deep, and the church don't scream

Where your silence is sacred, your pain's tucked in

And you swallow your tears just to blend back in

PTSD in the rearview, trust in the ditch

I've been through some hell I don't talk about quick

But I lace up my boots like I always do

With a voice in my head sayin', "Get back through"

Ain't no shame in the hurt, I just made it mine

Turned every heartbreak to a battle line

So don't judge my calm if you ain't seen the storm

I'm alive through the fire, I was made, not born

To the ones that's tired but still don't quit

To the lost ones silent in the deepest pit

You're a light in the dark, you're a soul that fights

Let the scars tell the story 'til the pain turns right

Scars don't lie, they just speak soft truth

Every line in my skin's got a piece of proof

That I fell, got crushed, but I still stood tall

Took pain in the chest, but refused to fall

Yeah, these scars don't lie, they're my battle sign

I've been bruised, been lost, but I never resigned

If you see me smile, just know what I've seen

I'm a fighter in the fire with a soul that bleeds

I know what it's like when your mind turns loud

When the voices say "quit," and you push 'em down

When your hands shake still from the nights long gone

But you face the day like nothing's wrong

I ain't perfect, nah, I'm patched and worn

I got cracks in my soul, I got habits torn

But I keep showing up when the world says no

Got a strength in my chest that they'll never know

So here's to the ones with the haunted past

Who keep movin' forward with a shattered map

You're not broken, you're forged in flame

And the world better watch when you rise again

Oh-oh

Let the pain be proof, not shame

Oh, oh-oh

Every scar you've earned got a name

These scars don't lie, they just speak soft truth

Every line in my skin's got a piece of proof

That I fell, got crushed, but I still stood tall

Took pain in the chest, but refused to fall

Yeah, these scars don't lie, they're my battle sign

I've been bruised, been lost, but I never resigned

If you see me smile, just know what I've seen

I'm a fighter in the fire with a soul that bleeds

Scarred

Still here

Still breathing

You didn't survive that for nothing

You won't make it through just to stay silent

Let 'em see the scars

They're proof you're still here

And you still got more to give