Open Hand

Oh Oh-oh Open hand Oh Open hand They taught me love with the lock turned Taught me strength with my jaw set hard Said every open window Was just another way to scar Taught me every soft thing breaks first Every mercy leaves you used Keep your fingers closed, son Never let them read your pulse But I am done carrying iron In my eyes and in my stance I don’t need to turn to thunder Every time I get the chance Open hand Not a fist in the dark again Open hand I don’t need revenge to stand Palm out Let the whole sky hit my skin I kept my heart and kept my name Open hand No blade No mask Open hand I don’t go back I don’t go back I know how the body goes colder I know how the blood turns mean I know how the mouth says mercy While the wound says make them pay But I am not a shrine to damage I am not the debt they made I can hold the line with nothing But the truth and what remains So let it land without becoming Something cruel inside my chest I don’t have to raise my voice now Just to prove I can protect Open hand Not a fist in the dark again Open hand I don’t need revenge to stand Palm out Let the whole sky hit my skin I kept my heart and kept my name Open hand I could’ve gone hard I could’ve gone numb I could’ve made a weapon Out of what I’d become Could’ve worn the smoke like glory Could’ve called the hunger love But there is power in the open And I am strong enough So let them see it Let them learn There is fire that does not burn There is strength that does not hit There is love that does not flinch Open hand Not a fist in the dark again Open hand I don’t need revenge to stand Palm out Let the whole sky hit my skin I kept my heart and kept my name Open hand Oh-oh Open hand Oh-oh I don’t go back Oh-oh Open hand