Backyard Shed

[Intro — whispered, shaking] I was just a kid… Thought I was safe… Thought it was just a game… Then the dark learned my name. [Verse 1] Backyard shed, little room, fake walls, TV glow barely breathing at all, Couch in the corner, dust in the air, I was too damn young to know danger was there. Friend walked out, left me alone, With a shadow wearing skin and bone, He sat too close, the room went cold, My body froze but my fear got loud. I didn’t have words, didn’t have a plan, Just a little girl with a shaking hand, And something inside me cracked that day, Like God looked down and turned away. [Pre-Chorus] I learned too young what monsters do, They don’t always roar when they come for you, Sometimes they smile, sometimes they sit, Sometimes they break you and call it shit. [Verse 2] I remember the couch, I remember the freeze, Little knees locked, couldn’t even breathe, I remember thinking, “What did I do?” When the truth is the monster was you. That was the day the backyard changed, Sunlight never looked the same, That was the day my childhood split, Half innocence, half rage and grit. And nobody heard the little earthquake, Nobody saw what fear can take, But I carried glass under my skin, Bleeding quietly from within. [Pre-Chorus] I learned too young what danger means, How wolves can hide in normal scenes, How one dark room can steal your breath, And leave a child scared half to death. [Chorus] Fuck that shed, fuck that dark, Fuck the fear that left its mark, I was a child, I was whole, Before somebody touched my soul. Fuck that silence, fuck that shame, I was too young to carry blame, You broke a girl who came to play, But you don’t get to own that day. No, you don’t get to own that day. [Bridge — building, furious] I was not dirty. I was not grown. I was not asking. I was alone. I was not broken because I was weak, I was a child who could not speak, And every damn piece you tore apart Still learned to beat inside my heart. So hear me now, from the wreckage I rise, With fire in my lungs and knives in my eyes, You made me scared of the world outside, But you did not kill the girl inside. [Final Chorus — screamed / layered vocals] Fuck that shed, fuck that dark, Fuck the fear that left its mark, I was a child, I was whole, Before somebody touched my soul. Fuck that silence, fuck that shame, I was too young to carry blame, You broke a girl who came to play, But you don’t get to own that day. You don’t get my voice, You don’t get my name, You don’t get my body, You don’t get my flame. I was a child. I was whole. And I’m taking back my fucking soul. [Outro — quiet but dangerous] Backyard shed… Little room… Dark went silent… But I didn’t.