[Verse 1] She picked the seats beside them Thought their laughter meant her name Shared her lunch and all her secrets Then they turned it into shame They passed notes beneath the table Made her flinch when phones came out Every smile became a warning Every hallway felt too loud [Pre-Chorus] She wrote, “Can anybody hear me?” Then erased it line by line No one felt safe enough to tell So she swallowed every sign [Chorus] She was breaking where they couldn’t see Wearing long sleeves in the summer heat They called it joking, called it harmless While she disappeared beneath it She kept carrying their words alone Built a prison out of going home Till the last small piece of silence cracked And she said, “I’m never going back” [Verse 2] At the bus stop, they surrounded her Asked her why she looked so sad Took the photograph she hated Posted it and called it bad She rehearsed the names of safe ones But each name dissolved in doubt What if telling made it worse now? What if no one helped her out? [Pre-Chorus] So she counted every doorway Every breath and every bruise Held her anger like a secret With no more room to lose [Chorus] She was breaking where they couldn’t see Wearing long sleeves in the summer heat They called it joking, called it harmless While she disappeared beneath it She kept carrying their words alone Built a prison out of going home Till the last small piece of silence cracked And she said, “I’m never going back” [Bridge] The locker door slammed shut behind her Something in her finally moved She found the counselor by the office And told the truth she never could Her voice shook, but it kept rising Name by name and day by day All the friends who made her smaller Could not make the truth obey [Final Chorus] She was breaking, now they finally see No more hiding what they did to her They called it joking, called it harmless But the truth came back much harder She stopped carrying their words alone Found a hand and took it going home When the last small piece of silence cracked She said, “I’m still here, and I’m not going back” [Outro] Not going back Not going back She chose herself at last
