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What They Never Took

V5.5

[Verse 1] You said my name like a lockpick Turned my trust into a dare Tore the room into sharp pieces Left your shadow in my hair Every corner still remembers How my heartbeat tried to hide How the ceiling learned my secrets While the light left my eyes [Chorus] But you don't get to tell my story You don't get to wear my skin You don't get to name this body Or call the breaking a win You can haunt the old beginnings Bruise the days I can't undo You can live inside that moment But you don't get to be my truth [Verse 2] Some days I am just a whisper In a chair in a waiting room Counting tiles like tiny gravestones For the things I lost too soon Some nights I am loud and anger Glass and gravel in my throat Saying all the words I swallowed Till they cut through every "no" [Chorus] 'Cause you don't get to tell my story You don't get to wear my skin You don't get to name this body Or call the breaking a win You can stain a certain chapter You can shake a year or two You can live inside that memory But you don't get to be my truth [Bridge] I am more than that dark evening (hear me) More than what you tried to prove I am hands that still keep reaching I am feet that still can move Every breath a quiet riot Every scar a stubborn bloom You can stay a ghost, a rumor You don't get to own this room (no) [Chorus] So you don't get to tell my story You don't get to wear my skin You don't get to name this body Or call the breaking a win I am fire in the wreckage I am thunder breaking through You can live inside that moment But you don't get to be my truth You don't get to be my truth (hey) You don't get to be my truth