Verse 1 How many times do I gotta scream it loud Before the echo finally sticks? You weren’t the hand on the trigger You weren’t the one who slipped Yeah, you cut me deep, I won’t deny Left scars I still can feel But every step I took in the dark Was a step I chose, was real Pre-Chorus I bled, I burned, I learned too late I stared at mirrors, sealed my fate Chorus So don’t make this about you You were never the equation These were my sins, my moves My self-inflicted damnation I wore the chains, I fed the pain I carried it through hell I had the choice, I made the call This story’s mine to tell Verse 2 Yeah, you fucked me over—again and again But I let the cycle repeat I kept chasing ghosts in familiar skin Calling defeat “belief” They didn’t help, they didn’t heal I swallowed every lie I held the knife, I cut myself And asked the world why Pre-Chorus I crossed the lines I swore I’d guard I broke my word, I played the part Chorus So don’t make this about you You were never the reason These were my roads, my rules My personal treason I lit the match, I watched it burn I stood there in the flames I had the choice, I pulled the pin I own the blame Bridge (slow, heavy, stripped down) My choice after all the hurt My decision after the skirt My decision to believe again My failure—again I said “quit” with shaking hands Not because I couldn’t stand But because I finally knew What I do is on me—no you Breakdown (half-time, crushing) Stop making it about yourself That was never in the plan This isn’t vengeance, this is truth This is me owning the man Final Chorus (bigger, raw) How many times do I have to say This is about me, not you My choices, my mistakes My scars I dragged through I won’t hide behind your name Or rewrite what I did I had the choice, I made the fall And I’ll rise—or I’ll live with it Outro This is on me. Every word. Every wound. Every choice.
