“Ends With Me” [Verse 1] I learned love with a slammed door, With a voice that made me small, Learned to read the room before I ever learned to trust at all. I grew up carrying secrets That were never mine to keep, Telling myself I wasn't hurting Just so I could go to sleep. I spent years asking questions That nobody answered right, Why did the ones who should've held me Teach me how to hide? And I swore I'd never be them, But I was scared that pain was blood— That maybe what they gave me Was all I'd ever know as love. [Pre-Chorus] But I'm standing here now, And I'm choosing something new. I can't change where I've come from, But I can choose what I do. [Chorus] It ends with me, The hurt, the hate, the history. I'm laying down the weight That never belonged to me. I forgive you—not because What you did was ever right, But I won't spend another lifetime Letting you live in my mind. I can break the chain, I can love without the fear. I can raise a little heart With the love I never had here. You gave me wounds, But they don't get to be my legacy. The cycle ends, The healing starts with me. [Verse 2] There were days I wanted answers, Wanted somebody to pay, Wanted them to feel the weight They put on me every day. But anger kept me tied to them, Even when they weren't around, So I started letting go Of every anchor pulling down. I'm not saying it was nothing, I'm not saying I forget. I'm not calling what they did Something I should just accept. I'm just tired of giving yesterday Another piece of me, So I'm taking back my future And the woman I'm gonna be. [Pre-Chorus] And maybe forgiveness Isn't saying they were right. Maybe it's choosing my own peace And finally stepping into light. [Chorus] It ends with me, The hurt, the hate, the history. I'm laying down the weight That never belonged to me. I forgive you—not because What you did was ever right, But I won't spend another lifetime Letting you live in my mind. I can break the chain, I can love without the fear. I can raise a little heart With the love I never had here. You gave me wounds, But they don't get to be my legacy. The cycle ends, The healing starts with me. [Bridge] My little girl won't learn That love means walking on eggshells. She won't have to earn affection Or wonder if she's good enough. I'll teach her that her voice matters, That her tears are safe to fall, That home is somewhere you can breathe, Not somewhere you fear at all. And maybe that's my freedom— Not becoming who hurt me. Taking everything they broke And building something beautiful from it. [Final Chorus] It ends with me, Right here, right now, with me. I don't have to carry What was handed down to me. I forgive you for my freedom, Not for your apology. And I choose love over anger, I choose peace over history. I can break the chain, I can write a different story. My daughter gets the version of me That knows she deserves love completely. And every time I hold her, I know exactly what this means— The pain stops here. The fear stops here. The cycle ends with me. [Outro] I was born into the story… But I don't have to finish it. What hurt me will not become me. What broke me will not break her. It ends with me.
