[Verse 1] She was all young skin and unguarded eyes Still reaching for a love sheโd never find Raised where the devil wore a family face And mercy never made it through that place Her innocence got swallowed by the dark By hands that shouldโve held her from the start Now everybody swears she chose this fate Like broken things are born that way [Pre-Chorus] They tell the story like she chose the fall Like no one laid the first stone at all [Chorus] They taught her to break Then blamed her for the pieces Marked her a lost cause While feeding all the reasons Painted her shame like it was self-inflicted Like she woke up one day and chose to be addicted Yeah, she fell hard Yeah, she lost her way But you donโt get to build that kind of pain Then look away They taught her to break [Verse 2] They took her daughters, said it was for their good Sold it all as mercy while they stole what made her good Now those girls grew tall on a borrowed truth Believing she abandoned them instead of what she lived through And no, she wasnโt stable, no, she wasnโt strong She was sinking in a sorrow she had carried far too long But where were all the saviors when she still had time to reach? Everybody judged Nobody tried to teach [Pre-Chorus] They tell the story like she chose the fall Like no one laid the first stone at all [Chorus] They taught her to break Then blamed her for the pieces Marked her a lost cause While feeding all the reasons Painted her shame like it was self-inflicted Like she woke up one day and chose to be addicted Yeah, she fell hard Yeah, she lost her way But you donโt get to build that kind of pain Then look away They taught her to break [Bridge] You were my sister Not by blood, by something deeper A bruised soul With a blade beneath the ether I thought I could save you Pull you back from the edge But some girls learn survival With chains around her neck So I let go But I still carry the echo Still hear you in the silence like a siren in my chest, oh You were a warrior born into a flame And everyone who helped unmake you Still found a way to spit upon your name [Final Chorus] They taught her to break Then blamed her for the pieces Marked her a lost cause While feeding all the reasons Stripped her down to ruin, then called it self-inflicted Like she woke up one day and chose to be addicted Yeah, she fell hard Yeah, she lost her way But you donโt get to make that kind of pain Then look away They taught her to break [Outro] She wasnโt born the monster They taught her how to ache And I still love the girl They could not fully take
