TITLE: YOU DIDN'T FINISH ME [Verse 1] I've had fear breathe down my neck, Had goodbye staring in my face, I've begged Heaven for another breath When I thought I'd reached the end of grace. I've watched love put on a pretty mask While betrayal waited underneath, But every time they counted me out, Something stubborn kept beating in me. I used to wonder why I'm still here, After everything I've been through. Now I know I wasn't spared Just to spend my life afraid of you. [Pre-Chorus] So take a good look, I'm not who I was back then. You can knock me to my knees, But I'll get back up again. [Chorus] You didn't finish me! I'm still standing, still breathing! You tried to steal my fire, But you gave me one more reason To rise louder, Burn brighter, Leave the ashes at my feet. I walked through hell And came out knowing There's a whole lot more to me. You can keep your lies, Keep your games, Keep every memory. I survived what should've broken me. You didn't finish me! [Verse 2] I spent too long saving everybody, While nobody was saving me. Gave away pieces of my heart Like love was something I had to bleed. But I finally learned a woman Doesn't have to beg to be enough. Walking away isn't weakness When staying costs too damn much. So I'm taking back my mornings. I'm taking back my nights. Taking back the woman Who almost disappeared trying to make things right. I don't need another promise. I don't need another plea. This time when I close that door, I'm choosing me. [Pre-Chorus] I've got scars, But they're proof that wounds can heal. And nobody gets to tell me What I'm allowed to feel. [Chorus] You didn't finish me! I'm still standing, still breathing! You tried to steal my fire, But you gave me one more reason To rise louder, Burn brighter, Leave the ashes at my feet. I walked through hell And came out knowing There's a whole lot more to me. You can keep your lies, Keep your games, Keep every memory. I survived what should've broken me. You didn't finish me! [Bridge] I am my father's stubborn daughter. I've got my Nannie's strength inside. I've got my mama's loving heart, And three beautiful reasons why I learned to fight when I was weary, Learned to crawl when I couldn't run, Learned the night can feel forever But it still gives way to sun. So here's to every version of me That thought she wouldn't make it through. Baby, look at where we're standing. They were wrong about you. They were wrong. THEY WERE WRONG! [Instrumental Break] [Heavy drums, electric guitar, building vocals] [Final Chorus] YOU DIDN'T FINISH ME! I'm still standing! I'm still breathing! I'm done giving anybody Another piece of me for free! I'll rise louder! Love harder! Put my own soul back in reach! Everything I lived through Put another kind of strength in me. I don't belong to yesterday. I don't belong to grief. And I sure as hell don't belong To anybody trying to own me. I survived the nights I thought would be the end of me. LOOK AT ME NOW! You didn't finish me! [Breakdown] I lived. I learned. I hurt. I healed. I fell. I rose. And now... I choose me. [Outro] Maybe tomorrow won't be easy. Maybe healing takes some time. But I'll meet every morning Knowing this life is finally mine. They can talk. They can lie. They can wonder why I wouldn't break. Let them. Because after everything That tried to take me down... I'm still here. I'm still me. And this time, I'm not asking anybody for permission to be free. You didn't finish me. No. You woke me up.
