Dirt & Damage

Scorch marks on the floorboards, carbon on the wall I trace

The dent you left inside the mattress, after all The scent of you

Is stale air, virus in the lungs A heavy kind of silence where the

Panic had begun I wear you like a fever, yeah, I wear you like a

Bruise Colors turning violent, nothing left for me to lose.

I'm done bleeding out for a heart that doesn't beat

Done sleeping with the enemy between the sheets.

I'm crawling out the dirt, yeah, I own the damage Pulled

Myself from wreckage that you didn't think I'd manage

I'm stitching up the skin you split, ice inside my eyes

You wanted me to crumble but you're in for a surprise

You didn't leave me broken, no, you left me with a show

I'm not the baggage, I'm the savage force that lets you go.

Found your letter in the drawer, ink is bleeding through the grain

A manuscript of promises that fed upon my pain You're a gambler

With no money, placing bets you couldn't keep While I was building

On a graveyard where the secrets run too deep Watched the pillars buckle,

Heard the ceiling start to crack Standing in the rubble,

And I'm never looking back.

I'm done pleading with a dark that won't let in the light

Done needing you to tell me that I'm gonna be alright.

I'm crawling out the dirt, yeah, I own the damage Pulled

Myself from wreckage that you didn't think I'd manage

I'm stitching up the skin you split, ice inside my eyes

You wanted me to crumble but you're in for a surprise

You didn't leave me broken, no, you left me with a show

I'm not the baggage, I'm the savage force that lets you go.

Every cut is ammunition, every wound is just a map I

Found my voice inside the quiet, pulled the trigger on

The trap I'm not the girl you disregarded, looking for a

Place to hide I'm the woman walking out with nothing

But the pride I'm the tremor in the ground.

I'm crawling out the dirt, yeah, I own the damage Pulled

Myself from wreckage that you didn't think I'd manage

I'm stitching up the skin you split, ice inside my eyes

You wanted me to crumble but you're in for a surprise

You didn't leave me broken, no, you left me with a show

I'm not the baggage, I'm the savage force that lets you go.

So let the ceiling fall. Let the night erase the name.

I'm standing in the sunrise. Unashamed. Dirt and damage.

That's the fuel you left behind. I found myself inside the burning.

And I'm finally alive.