I'm Done

I've been a shadow tracing patterns on your floor

Counting every heartbeat while I'm heading for the door

You kept the windows painted shut to keep me in the dark

While you fanned the dying embers of a cold and bitter spark

I traded every piece of me to keep your ego whole

I let you carve your boundaries right through my weary soul

But the silence that you demanded is starting to decay

And the girl who used to worship you is finally walking away

I'm done with the shrinking, I'm done with the lies

I'm done with the storm clouds you kept in my eyes

I'm done with the caving, the biting my tongue

While you sucked the air from my very own lungs

No more seeking approval, no more taking the blame

I'm burning the ledger and forgetting your name

This is a new era, the cage has been spun

Look at me clearly, because I am fucking done

I spent a decade making excuses for your reach

Practicing the sermons that you never dared to preach

You made me feel so small I could fit inside your palm

Then you blamed me for the thunder when I broke your hollow calm

I'm done with the gaslight, the flickering of the truth

I'm reclaiming the fire that you stole throughout my youth

You can keep your cold kingdom, your throne of broken glass

I'm the ghost of your future, I'm the weight of your past

I'm done with the shrinking, I'm done with the lies

I'm done with the storm clouds you kept in my eyes

I'm done with the caving, the biting my tongue

While you sucked the air from my very own lungs

No more seeking approval, no more taking the blame

I'm burning the ledger and forgetting your name

This is a new era, the cage has been spun

Look at me clearly, because I am fucking done

Go ahead and shout it to the rafters and the rain

Tell them I'm the villain, tell them I'm the one insane

But I'm standing at my full height, I'm breathing in the gale

I'm the wind in the rigging, I'm the snap of the sail

You can't hold a mountain, you can't cage the sea