Verse 1 I was too young to hold the room together, Too small to stand between the storm. You put your anger in my hands And called it family, called it home. I learned to listen through the walls, To footsteps, doors, and broken tones. One truth whispered, one truth missing, I never knew which lie was my own. Pre-Chorus And Dad was a shadow with a voice like fire, Only came around to light the wire. Momma was tired, I was terrified, Caught in the middle with nowhere to hide. Verse 2 He was absent, but he still made noise, A ghost with hands around our peace. Heâd push and pull until we broke, Like fighting was the only way heâd breathe. And I was told things I couldnât carry, Stories sharpened like a knife. One parent painted the other wrong, And I lost my childhood choosing sides. Pre-Chorus No one sat down and tried to heal it, No one asked me how Iâd feel it. I was the witness, I was the shield, A child too wounded to know what was real. Chorus I was alone in a house full of screaming, Scared of the people I needed to believe in. Searching for love in broken places, Running from pain in strangersâ faces. At fourteen, I learned how to disappear, Look for escape when love wasnât near. I didnât know who to trust, who to blame, Just a little girl burning in somebody elseâs flame. Bridge I wasnât your messenger. I wasnât your war. I wasnât born to keep score anymore. I wasnât the reason. I wasnât the wound. I was a child in a darkened room. And all that fighting, all that lying, Made me think love meant surviving. But Iâm not broken for wanting more, I was just knocking on the wrong doors. Final Chorus I was alone in a house full of screaming, Scared of the people I needed to believe in. Searching for love in broken places, Trying to feel safe in dangerous spaces. At fourteen, I learned how to disappear, But Iâm still here, Iâm still here. I didnât know who to trust, who to blame, But I wonât keep burning in somebody elseâs flame. Outro I was a child. I was afraid. I deserved love That knew how to stay.
