The Ending Didn’t Kill Me

[Verse 1] Dust in my mouth, sirens somewhere far Jacket half gone, cut open at the arm Left foot heavy, dragging through the street Everything loud turned thin around me I checked my hands like they could tell me why Found dirt and blood and nowhere left to hide Smoke on the houses, glass under my heel I kept moving just to prove I still could feel [Pre-Chorus] I don’t call it winning Too much went missing But something in my chest Kept making its decision [Chorus] The ending didn’t kill me It just left me here breathing Half in the smoke Half in the morning Let the last light hit me With the wreckage behind me I’m not calling this victory The ending didn’t kill me [Verse 2] Streetlamp shaking gold over broken paint One shoe split open, walking like a bruise in place No pretty words, no clean release Just one more mile of air between my teeth I carried names I’ll never say out loud Kept them low where the pulse stays down No waving hands, no hero in the road Just a body learning how to carry what it knows [Pre-Chorus] I don’t need a trumpet I don’t need a crown Just a little daylight That doesn’t let me drown [Chorus] The ending didn’t kill me It just left me here breathing Half in the smoke Half in the morning Let the last light hit me With the wreckage behind me I’m not calling this victory The ending didn’t kill me [Bridge] I thought surviving would feel louder Like the sky would split for me But it came small and stubborn Like a pulse under debris I know I didn’t leave untouched I know I didn’t leave clean But there’s a road still taking shape Underneath what’s left of me [Final Chorus] The ending didn’t kill me It taught my lungs to keep going Half in the dark Half in the morning Let the last light hit me With the wreckage behind me I’m not calling this victory I’m calling it leaving The ending didn’t kill me It just left me here breathing Changed in the bones But not disappearing [Outro] One more breath One more road I lost a lot But I still go [End]