[Verse 1] The shoebox slept beneath the winter coats A date in blue ink, a house we never spoke Your mother’s hands were folded in the frame Mine learned to smile and carry on the shame [Pre-Chorus] I found the crack behind the varnish I found the name we wouldn’t say If silence kept the peace between us Why does it bruise me every day? [Chorus] Turn the faces over—let the truth breathe No more careful angles, no more family scenes I can love what made me and still refuse the lie Turn the faces over, let the buried answer rise [Verse 2] The hallway clock was missing seven minutes Enough to make a childhood fit inside it We called it weather, called it someone’s fault But every locked door taught the lock to talk [Pre-Chorus] I hear your fear inside my temper I wear your silence in my teeth The wound goes down through every daughter Until one of us decides to leave [Chorus] Turn the faces over—let the truth breathe No more careful angles, no more family scenes I can love what made me and still refuse the lie Turn the faces over, let the buried answer rise [Bridge] I won’t make a shrine of what you broke I won’t pass down the words you choked Let the dead keep all their alibis I’m done protecting them with mine [Final Chorus] Turn the faces over—let the truth breathe Let the room go quiet, let it witness me I can grieve what made me without becoming why Turn the faces over, let the buried answer rise Turn the faces over—this is where it ends I will name the damage, I will not defend [Outro] The picture stays, but I step outside The picture stays, and I am still alive
