Tracing the Fault Lines

You said we’d grow from all this damage But I still shake when the windows rattle Old photos curled on the dashboard Names we carved in a rusted chapel I stitched my faith into my jacket Black thread running through every patch Every promise we made was a matchstick Every match left another scratch I’m tracing the fault lines Running underneath my skin Every crack that tried to break me Let the healing light pour in If this is the wreckage Then this is where I begin I’m standing in the fallout And learning to breathe again (breathe again) [Verse 2] You always said I was a fighter Even when I couldn’t lift my head Shrines built out of empty bottles Candles burned to remember our dead I found your note inside my pocket Smudged ink But I could read enough “Don’t let the grief rewrite your story You are more than all your cuts” I’m tracing the fault lines Running underneath my skin Every crack that tried to break me Let the healing light pour in If this is the wreckage Then this is where I begin I’m standing in the fallout And learning to breathe again (breathe again) I won’t be defined by the breaking I’m still here Even shaking (woah) Every tremor Every echo Turns my fear into a halo I’m tracing the fault lines Running underneath my skin Every crack that tried to break me Let the healing light pour in If this is the wreckage Then this is where I begin I lost so much in the fire But I finally feel within I’m standing in the fallout And learning to breathe again (breathe again)