[Verse 1 Tiptoed through your own kitchen Like you were trespassing your name You kept a suitcase in your chest Packed with “maybe” and “one day” Tracing exits on the ceiling Every night you’d lie awake [Pre-Chorus] But hear me now In the mirror’s blurry light There’s a truth Waiting on your side [Chorus] You don’t need bruises to be broken Don’t need permission just to leave You deserve a love that doesn’t hurt you Words that land like soft relief One day you’ll look back at the shaking See it shining into grace That’s your victory story in the making And it starts the moment You believe you can be safe [Verse 2] They taught you how to disappear Right there in your favorite chair Smiling in the family photos Heart a thousand miles from there You learned to call it “just a phase” You learned to shrink to fit his rage But your pulse kept tapping out A different future on its cage [Pre-Chorus] So hear it now Like a whisper through the walls Every “stay” Is getting smaller Getting small [Chorus] You don’t need bruises to be broken Don’t need permission just to leave You deserve a love that doesn’t hurt you Words that heal the hidden seams One day you’ll look back at the trembling See a backbone where it burned That’s your victory story as it’s written And it turns the moment You believe you can unlearn [Bridge] Picture keys on the table (hey) Phone and wallet Open door Picture hands that never raise Except to hold you Only yours Picture quiet on a Sunday That doesn’t make you feel alone This is not some distant someday This is you Taking back your home (oh) [Chorus] You don’t need bruises to be broken Don’t need permission just to leave You deserve a life that isn’t drowning Every day in “just survive” and “please” One day you’ll look back at the leaving See a warrior in that mirror That’s your victory story finally spoken And it starts the moment Yeah It starts this moment You believe you deserve better [Outro] You believe you deserve better Say it once Then once again Every word a tiny doorway Every doorway Is the end of “never”
