After the Static

[Verse 1] The city hums like it knows my name But it don’t hit me quite the same There’s a quiet now where the chaos lived Like I finally learned how to forgive Your shadow doesn’t follow me home It faded somewhere I outgrew alone And I don’t check my phone like I used to do Guess I finally let go of you [Pre-Chorus] There’s a space in my chest where the noise used to be And for once… it’s just me [Chorus] After the static, I hear myself breathe No more ghosts in the wires pulling at me Every broken frequency finally clears And I’m not who I was this time last year Yeah I carry the scars, but they don’t control me Every echo you left doesn’t own me And I’m learning to live with what’s left of me After the static… I’m finally free [Verse 2] There’s a warmth in the cracks of my skin Like the light found a way back in And I’m not scared of the silence now It don’t scream your name out loud I still drive past places we used to be But they don’t feel like a tragedy Just a chapter I had to survive Just a version of me still alive [Pre-Chorus] And I won’t erase it, I won’t pretend It didn’t break me to build me again [Chorus] After the static, I hear myself breathe No more pulling apart at the seams Every shattered piece found its place And I recognize my own face Yeah I carry the past, but it don’t define me Every wound you left can’t rewind me And I’m finally more than your memory After the static… I’m finally free [Bridge – soft → explosive catharsis] I was drowning in everything we didn’t say In every word you threw away But I survived the wreck you left behind— And I swear this life is mine (beat hits) I’m not your ghost, I’m not your regret I’m not the version you can’t forget I’m every scar, every breath, every step— And I’m not done yet [Final Chorus – huge, anthemic] After the static, I scream it out loud I’m not lost in the noise anymore now Every broken line finally connects And I’m stronger than I ever expected Yeah I carry the scars like a victory Every piece of you is history And I’m finally standing where I’m meant to be— After the static… [Outro] …that was never the end of me.