[Intro] Quiet room Humming phone Your picture cracked My shadow grown [Verse 1] I trace the scars Like a crooked map Every wrong turn Brings me back You said "heal" I heard "hide" Built a fortress On the inside [Verse 1] I trace the scars Like a crooked map Every wrong turn Brings me back You said "heal" I heard "hide" Built a fortress On the inside [Verse 2] Blacked-out blinds In a midday sky I see clearer When the colors die Every cold word I never spoke Burns like ink Under my coat [Pre-Chorus] If I let the dark unfold Will it turn to distant gold If I walk this edge alone Will it feel like home [Chorus] The darkness in my heart will guide me Through the halls where I lost my name I follow every crack inside me Like a road carved out of shame If all I’ve got are these broken stars Then let them burn Let them tear apart I don’t need your light beside me The darkness in my heart will guide me [Verse 3] Your mercy felt Like a velvet chain Looked like love But it fed my shame I pull the thread Let the mask unwind Ugly truth Is a loyal sign [Bridge] I’m done begging shadows to be kind (be kind) I’ll bleed my own compass from my mind (from my mind) Every fear I buried in the deep Is waking up to lead [Breakdown] (yeah) The dark knows every secret street Every soft defeat I breathe it in I let it speak Every soft defeat I breathe it in I let it speak Just my pulse Just the ache Every tremor Every break [Pre-Chorus] If I let the dark unfold Will it turn to distant gold If I walk this edge alone I will call it home [Chorus] The darkness in my heart will guide me Through the halls where I lost my name I follow every crack inside me Like a road carved out of shame If all I’ve got are these broken stars Then let them burn Let them tear apart I don’t need your light beside me The darkness in my heart will guide me The darkness in my heart will guide me [Outro] One faint glow On a dead-end street I close my eyes And feel my feet No north No chart Just a steady beat The darkness in my heart Say