"I Paid My Prayer” (👸The Demiurge ®)

The Demiurge says, she sounds sooo good.. like Ana Stazza.... Maybe... [Intro] You can say what you want about me Try to take things from me But you won’t move me You won’t shut me down [Verse 1] I’ve stood in places where nobody listened I’ve walked through rooms full of people pretending they saw me I’ve had my name twisted and thrown I’ve lost pieces of myself trying to belong But I never let them decide who I am I held the weight and I kept walking I let the noise pass and kept my fire inside I didn’t ask for approval I knew what I had [Pre-Chorus] I got through it I stood still when everything shook I gave more than I had to give They tried to hold me down But I broke through it I paid for every step I kept [Chorus] And in the silence of the morning Before the noise of the world returns I speak to something greater I offer part of myself I ask for strength not answers I give thanks before I even move And in that space I know I am not alone [Verse 2] Every day someone wants to tell me who I should be They dress up judgment as advice They think their fear should become mine But I know too much now to shrink I’ve lost things I thought I couldn’t live without And I’m still breathing So I don’t follow their map I write my own I trust what I’ve learned in silence [Pre-Chorus] I walked through fire I stood in storms I broke patterns that were built before I was born I wasn’t handed peace I fought for it I earned every quiet breath I take [Chorus] And in the silence of the morning Before the makeup and the armor I speak a word that no one hears But I feel it I carry it It lives in me And I say a prayer Not for rescue But for courage [Bridge] If I fall again, I will rise again Not because I want to prove anything But because standing is who I am I didn’t come this far to disappear I came this far to live completely And I won’t hold back [Breakdown] They tried to build me up to break me They said I was too loud Too strong Too much But I was never meant to be small I took every word And I turned it into strength I paid with truth And I don’t regret a single cost [Final Chorus] And in the silence of the morning While the world still sleeps I say a prayer For the ones still climbing For the ones still unheard For the part of me still healing I say a prayer Because I know what it means To stand up To speak out To be [Outro] I paid my dues And I still say a prayer