[Verse 1] You came in clean With a hungry grin Took my words and locked them in I fed that fire I gave my light Then woke up broke in the middle of night My hands were full Then they turned bare Every little piece of me was there In those lines I wrote In that voice I gave You took the road I tried to pave [Pre-Chorus] And I kept asking why Why did you reach so far? Why'd you leave me here With a busted heart? [Chorus] You took my songs You took my name You took my gold You left the shame You took my songs But I still sing I still rise up I still mean something You took my songs You won't take me You won't take me No, not completely [Verse 2] You left me thin You left me cold Counting up the bills I couldn't hold Job gone quiet House went dark I was sleeping with a scared up heart And every dream You made it fade Like a winter storm in a field of grain But I found my voice In the wreckage there A broken woman still got prayer [Pre-Chorus] And I kept asking why Why'd you steal my spark? Why'd you walk away And call it art? [Chorus] You took my songs You took my name You took my gold You left the shame You took my songs But I still sing I still rise up I still mean something You took my songs But not my soul Not my soul I won't let go [Bridge] If you hear my hurt Let it land on you Every lonely mile Every lie came due I was cracked, not gone I was hurt, not dead I am standing here With the words you fed [Final Chorus] You took my songs You took my name You took my gold You left the shame You took my songs But I still sing I still rise up I still mean something You took my songs But not my soul Not my soul I won't let go
