Sunflowers over Scars

I was raised like a treasure, told my worth was spun from gold

Love was meant to be a shelter, not a story you control

You laughed at all my daydreams, called my victories too bold

Funny how the ones who fear you try the hardest to take hold

You rewrote our whole history like nine years were just pretend

But I kept every moment till the moment you hit end

So here's to the man who left me, I'm a wildfire dressed in shine

You walked out of our forever, but the afterglow is mine

You said tattoos last forever, but forever never learned to stay

So I turned our mark to a sunflower, and I bloomed anyway

I'm the golden girl you couldn't dim, and I'm brighter every day

You were taught that domination was the same as being strong

That control was just devotion, and my independence wrong

You blame me for your shadows, called my truth a hurricane

But storms don't break the mountains, they just carve out brand new terrain

You said a ring's not permanent, but the sink would never fade

Now the cover-up's a masterpiece of promises you never read

So here's to the man who left me, I'm a wildfire dressed in shine

You walked out of art forever, but the afterglow is mine

You said tattoos last forever, but forever never learned to stay

So I turned our mark to a sunflower, and I bloomed anyway

I'm the golden girl you couldn't dim, and I'm brighter every day

I'm not angry, just disappointed that you never healed your pain

You loved me like a mirror, you kept shattering again

Cause I'm dancing in the wreckage, turning heartbreak into art

A sunflower, my skin out, where you once held my heart

So here's to the man who left me, I'm a phoenix in a glow

You tried to clip my wings, but watch how high I go

You said tattoos last forever, but forever never learned to stay

So I turned our mark to a sunflower, and I bloomed anyway

I'm the golden girl you couldn't dim, and I shine brighter every day

I'm brighter every day