The Girl Who Survived

[Verse 1] I used to look back and lower my eyes, Like shame was a shadow I had to hide. But now I see her standing there, With broken wings and tangled hair. She didn’t know what I know now, She was just trying to make it somehow. With a bruised-up heart and shaking hands, She built a bridge I could finally stand on. [Pre-Chorus] So don’t you dare speak on who I used to be, Like she’s some weapon you can aim at me. You only saw the fire, not the cold, You don’t know the hell she had to hold. [Verse 2] She made mistakes, yeah, she made a few, But tell me what the hell was she supposed to do? When all she had were survival tools, A hungry heart and a broken rule. She loved the wrong ones, stayed too long, Cried in silence, called it strong. But even when she lost her way, She kept me breathing another day. [Pre-Chorus] So you can’t throw my past in my face, I don’t bow my head in disgrace. That girl was fighting for her life, And somehow she kept me alive. [Chorus] I’ll never hate on the old me, I love her, I know why she bled. She carried me through nights so lonely, When I thought I’d be better off dead. Every scar, every fall, every wrong turn, Every bridge I watched burn, Made me who I am, made me stronger. I don’t disown her — I thank her. [Bridge] I understand her anger, I understand her fear. I understand the silence When nobody would hear. I understand the running, The walls around her soul. She was just a child inside Trying to feel whole. So I hold her now, I don’t push her away. I kiss her wounds, And I let her stay. [Final Chorus] I’ll never hate on the old me, She’s the reason I survived. She walked through the fire for me, So I could come out alive. Every lesson, every tear, every long night, Every time she had to fight, Made me who I am, made me stronger. I don’t disown her — No, I don’t shame her — I stand beside her — And I thank her. [Outro] That’s my growth. That’s my story. That’s my heart. That’s my glory. I don’t run from where I’ve been. I made peace with her again. I’ll never hate on the old me… I thank her.