Brighter Shades of Blue

The ceiling used to have a face I'd trace the cracks to find my place In a room that felt a million miles from the sun I was a puppet on a string, a tired and tarnished thing Hanging on a whisper of the man I might have become Trading tomorrow for the comfort of the dark A temporary shelter, a permanent, fading mark But I'm learnin' to breathe, in brighter shades of blue Peelin' off the layers of the person I outgrew Yeah, it's a delicate war, but I'm seein' it through I'm stitched and I'm scarred, but I'm makin' me new And every sunrise is a gift I never knew. They say the devil that you know Is better than the one you don't But my devil wore me thinner than a sheet I was a ship without a shore, just a wreck upon the floor Whispering apologies to everyone I'd meet Then a single, stubborn ember in the ashes and the dust A quiet kind of courage, born from giving up the fight to just... exist. And I'm learnin' to breathe, in brighter shades of blue Peelin' off the layers of the person I outgrew Yeah, it's a delicate war, but I'm seein' it through I'm stitched and I'm scarred, but I'm makin' me new And every sunrise is a gift I never knew. I had to break the mold, let the pieces lie Stare into the emptiness with unafraid eyes There's a strange and fragile beauty in the fall It's the broken shell that lets the light in, after all. Oh, I'm learnin' to breathe, in brighter shades of blue! Peelin' off the layers of the person I outgrew! It's a delicate war, but I'm seein' it through! I'm stitched and I'm scarred, but I'm makin' me new! And every sunrise is a gift I never knew! Makin' me new... Yeah, for the first time, it's true... Brighter shades of blue...