Without Your Name Verse I I don't count the steps to your anger anymore, I don't learn silence just to survive the day. I laid down the weight of borrowed promises, And for the first time, I breathe without you. You said the world would break me, That only by your side was I home. You never noticed that in the ruins I grew stronger than stone. Pre-Chorus It wasn't love. It was fear wearing gentle hands. Now I look it straight in the eye, And I never look away. Chorus I finally let you go! You don't glow beneath my bones anymore. My scars don't belong to you, They're the map of every mile I survived. I finally found myself! I'm not afraid of my own light. There's no violence in my heart now, Only a strength you could never take. --- Verse II Your whispers have turned into dust, They don't guide me through the night. Where you saw only broken pieces, Gardens learned to rise. I'm no saint and I'm no victim, I don't need a halo to be whole. It's enough that I know my own name, And I'll never give it away again. Pre-Chorus The wolves still howl behind me, But I don't turn around. The forest never belonged to predators, It belongs to those who find their way out. Chorus I finally let you go! There are no chains around my hands. Every door that closed behind me Became a window toward tomorrow. I finally found myself! My heartbeat is louder than your voice. I'm not learning to love violence anymore. I'm learning how to love myself. --- Bridge (Music falls to a whisper) Can you hear it? It's not the walls breathing. It's me. It's not the floor mourning the past. It's the earth carrying me forward. Your shadow stretched for miles, But the sun was always waiting. No one came to rescue me. I found the way out myself. --- Final Chorus (Towering guitars and crashing drums) YOU'RE NOT HOLDING ME NOW! I don't wear your name beneath my skin! Every wall became a staircase! Every fall became my wings! AND I'M STILL STANDING! Stronger than the day I walked away! I'm not the echo of your story! I'm the beginning of my own! Don't tell me, "Don't be scared..." Because I'm not afraid anymore. I'm done searching for salvation. I don't need permission. I'm already gone.
