Because of You, I Rise: weirdness: 92, style 50, audio 25

Verse 1 My mind goes quiet when you leave the room Like a storm that finally forgets my name Air comes back into my lungs again But it tastes like something I can’t explain Everyone fades when you draw near Like the night just swallowed all the light You don’t see the way you take, take, take While calling it love in disguise Pre-Chorus And when I hold up the mirror You turn it back on me Say I feel too deeply Like that’s my disease Chorus You don’t know how much you drain How you echo through my veins Every word, a quiet war I’m still bleeding from before I’m so tired of the weight Of your shadow on my name But I won’t disappear for you I won’t break to make you safe Verse 2 I’m glad you found someone to soften you To quiet the fire I couldn’t tame Maybe they don’t feel the undertow Or the pull beneath your waves I carried storms that weren’t mine Wore your thunder like a skin Every time I tried to stand You pulled me under it again Pre-Chorus So I learned to go silent Learned to bend, to erase But silence has a breaking point And mine has found its place Chorus You don’t know how much you drain How you echo through my veins Every word, a quiet war I’m still bleeding from before I’m so tired of the weight Of your shadow on my name But I won’t disappear for you I won’t break to make you safe Bridge ( lift) Was I just your reflection? Something safe to bruise? A mirror you could shatter When you needed to feel true What a test you’ve been for me Of my mercy, of my spine Of the line between compassion And abandoning what’s mine Final Chorus (bigger, empowered) Now I see how much you drain But you don’t live in me the same I release what isn’t mine I reclaim my breath, my time I was never yours to break Or to carry all your weight You were fire, I was rain Now I rise beyond the pain Outro (soft, powerful) Because of you… I learned my name Because of you… I don’t stay