Mouths Of Salt

[Verse 1] They was laughin’ at my pain, sayin’ I’d never heal Dreams in the dirt, said my heart would never feel Called me broken, said my spirit was a joke, Goddamn! Tried to bury my soul but the tears made me woke Every “you can’t,” every “she won’t,” every doubt they threw I turned that hurt to healing, now my scars tell the truth Stronger than the nights I cried alone in my room, yuh They still holdin’ grudges but them words got no room, what! [All Female Chorus] Mouths of salt, no words remain Tongues like wounds, stitched up in vain The quiet writhes behind the teeth Where breath once lived, now gnaws beneath A heavy seal upon the lips The ego drowns, the anchor slips They choked on every stone they threw Now I’m on top laughing at you [Verse 2] Said I’d fall apart, crash, burn, never rise again Now my soul’s elevatin’ higher than the pain they sent Outgrew every hater, left ’em trapped in their own dark Did the impossible — yeah, mended my own heart Flipped the whole script, rewrote my story from the tears, uh While they still whisperin’, I’m breathin’ through the years Words used to break me, now they echo in the past I’m the quiet victor, carryin’ peace at last [Bridge] Remember all that hate you was spittin’? Now it’s quiet as the grave — yeah, I survived the sting Tongue full of salt, can’t even form my name Every time you try — it’s just fire and flame, but I’m free [All Female Chorus] Mouths of salt, no words remain Tongues like wounds, stitched up in vain The quiet writhes behind the teeth Where breath once lived, now gnaws beneath A heavy seal upon the lips The ego drowns, the anchor slips They choked on every stone they threw Now I’m on top laughing at you [Outro] Yeah… nothin’ to say now, huh? That’s what I thought Mouths of salt, tongues all burned…