[Verse 1] I built my values by testing them I let the weak ones fall I grew up under a strict hand Then I tore it down to the wall If a truth can't live in daylight I don't let it wear my name I kept what held in the hard times I don't need faith that plays a game [Pre-Chorus] I care about the one right here The one I can actually reach If I can lift a little weight Then that is enough for me I fight for the raise, the tools, the room For the ones who still need room to breathe I measure my leadership by this Are my people growing under me? [Chorus] Wound, rewrite, redirect (Wound, rewrite, redirect) Pain comes in Made things out Wound, rewrite, redirect (Wound, rewrite, redirect) [Verse 2] I know what it costs to perform A face that isn't mine So I'd rather be disliked honest Than loved by a painted line I say where the cracks are open I say when my mind won't sit still 'Cause naming the thing that trips me Lets somebody else stand still I want the same realness back No different rules for the crowned If standards bend for the powerful Trust falls straight through the ground [Pre-Chorus] I'm not on a team like that I don't worship a flag or a throne I hold conservative, liberal And I test what I call my own I don't trust concentrated power From left hand or right hand too I'm trying to find what's actually true Not what my side wants me to do [Chorus] Wound, rewrite, redirect (Wound, rewrite, redirect) Pain comes in Made things out Wound, rewrite, redirect (Wound, rewrite, redirect) [Bridge] My parents came around to me And that changed the shape of pain It taught me people can change Even after years of rain So I keep a room for doubt And a room for hope to grow I ask if I'm seeing all of it Before I say I know [Final Chorus] Wound, rewrite, redirect (Wound, rewrite, redirect) I make it happen I make it real Wound, rewrite, redirect (Wound, rewrite, redirect) [Outro] Most people can be more Than they've been allowed to be So I keep you close enough To push back honestly Wound, rewrite, redirect (Wound, rewrite, redirect)
