[Intro] I thought broken meant failure ...I was wrong [Verse 1] I was bent metal, weathered wood Things that once worked like they should Written off, set aside Labeled loss, classified Every fracture told a tale Of weight I carried, times I failed I called it damage, called it waste Never thought it held a place [Pre-Chorus] I tried to hide the seams Tried to make it disappear But every scar was speaking Even when I wouldn’t hear [Chorus] This isn’t repair This is salvage Not erased But rearranged Every crack lets something through That never could have shined brand new I’m not restored to what I was I’m shaped into what I could yet become Grace didn’t toss me aside It saw the worth And salvaged my life [Verse 2] Gold poured into shattered lines Light reframed through broken designs What was stained became the view Colors stronger where they bruised Every flaw a binding seam Holding weight I couldn’t dream Not a fix, not counterfeit Something truer formed from it [Pre-Chorus] What I feared would ruin me Became the place You stayed I stopped asking to go backward When I saw what loss had made [Chorus] This isn’t repair This is salvage Not erased But rearranged Every crack lets something through That never could have shined brand new I’m not restored to what I was I’m shaped into what I could yet become Grace didn’t toss me aside It saw my worth And salvaged my life [Bridge] I wanted clean I wanted new But You were building something truer Not untouched But finally whole Strong enough to hold the gold [Final Chorus] This isn’t repair This is salvage Every piece Reclaimed Reframed I carry light because I broke I hold together what once was smoke I’m not the sum of what I lost I’m proof that the journey is worth the cost What I called the end of me Became the art That carried my glory [Outro] [soft resolve, open space] I was thrown away The whole world passed me by I was worth so little in the cosmic design... But I was always worth your time
