I’m good. You always say that first. Because I am. Because you need it to be true. I came in calm, I came in clean I know the face that I have seen I drew the line, I kept it straight I learned the cost, I learned the weight Clean gets stained Straight gets bent Cost gets paid Weight gets spent I know the road that brought me here I know the reasons I stayed near I held my ground, I held my name I walked through pressure, stayed the same Same old game Different day Same old questions Different face I’m alright You rehearse that line I’m okay You memorize I’m moving on You move the pain I’m finally free Then why remain? I hear you when the room goes quiet I hear you when you start denying I feel you when I stop pretending I feel you when the story bends I push back, you pull closer You push harder, I get colder Same blood Same breath Same battle Two sides One voice One answer I built a life beyond the damage I found control inside the panic I learned to stand without permission I stopped negotiating my decisions You built defenses You built distance You call it growth I call it resistance I found a voice beneath the noise I was the voice beneath your voice I turned the page, I changed the ending You kept returning to the beginning I’m not afraid You’re afraid to admit it I’m not the same You’re still trying to prove it I found my way You found your excuses I know my heart You know how to bruise it I hear you when the room goes quiet I hear you when the walls stop lying I push back, you pull closer You get softer, I get colder Same blood Same breath Same battle Same voice Same voice I cut the cord You cut the fear I closed the door You stayed in here I found the sound You found the doubt I turned it down I turned you out Same voice.
