[Verse 1] I kept the receipt for every wrong turn Filed it beneath the bed Read it when the room went quiet And argued with the things I said I wore an old decision like a warning Pinned it against my chest Called myself by one bad morning And forgot the rest [Pre-Chorus] But I was carrying more than I could name I was trying to make it through the flames [Chorus] I am not the worst thing I have done Not the door I broke, not the race I ran I can face the damage, I can name the cost And still believe I am not lost Let the lesson stay, let the sentence end I will learn to be my own friend [Verse 2] I judged that frightened younger version With the answers I have now As if wisdom came before the hurting As if I knew how Some days I only chose survival Some days I chose it wrong But a wound can shape a rifle Or teach the hand to hold on [Pre-Chorus] There was a reason underneath the blame Not an excuse, but a human name [Chorus] I am not the worst thing I have done Not the door I broke, not the race I ran I can face the damage, I can name the cost And still believe I am not lost Let the lesson stay, let the sentence end I will learn to be my own friend [Bridge] If you would sit beside a friend in pieces Why leave me alone with mine? If you would say that change is still possible Why deny me time? I cannot undo the falling I can choose what follows through The life beyond the wreckage Still has room for something new [Final Chorus] I am not the worst thing I have done I am the hands that keep rebuilding what they can I can face the damage, I can carry what was lost Without becoming all the cost Let the lesson stay, let the sentence end I will learn to be my own friend [Outro] The chapter closed, but I remain Changed by the truth, not chained to the pain
