[INTRO] Yeah… I buried that version of me But he keeps coming back Funny thing about the past… It don’t need a key [VERSE 1] I walk like a king with a war in my chest Cold face, clean fit, but the scars know the rest I learned how to smile when I’m ready to snap Turn pain into pressure, put the weight on my back I was gone in my head, I was losing the plot Had my life in the balance, couldn’t tell what I got Every time that I thought I was finally done Some piece of that darkness kept pulling me up Now I move like I got nothing left to prove But there’s ghosts in the room every time that I move Past knocking hard, I don’t answer the door I already survived what it came here for [HOOK] The past keeps resisting, I tell it, “Stay back” I made it through hell, now I’m dressed all in black Twisted mind, cold heart, but I’m still standing tall I been face-to-face with the end and walked off Don’t mistake my silence for fear I’ve been fighting myself for years If the past wants war, let it come through I ain’t who I was, but I’m still fighting too [VERSE 2] I got anger in places that money can’t reach Got memories buried too deep to delete I don’t talk about nights when I couldn’t see dawn Just know something in me refused to stay gone Now the streets taught me posture, the pain taught me poise I can hear every threat underneath every noise Everybody sees muscle, nobody sees weight They see how I carry it, never ask what it takes I turned every failure into fuel for the engine Every old wound became part of the tension But sometimes that history crawls out of the grave And reminds me how close I was to throwing it away So I stare at the mirror like, “Who the fuck are you?” Same eyes, new scars, different things to lose I don’t owe my past another piece of my soul I’m still here, so I ain’t letting it take control [HOOK] The past keeps resisting, I tell it, “Stay back” I made it through hell, now I’m dressed all in black Twisted mind, cold heart, but I’m still standing tall I been face-to-face with the end and walked off Don’t mistake my silence for fear I’ve been fighting myself for years If the past wants war, let it come through I ain’t who I was, but I’m still fighting too [BRIDGE] I don’t romanticize the nights I survived They weren’t beautiful, I was barely alive But the man in the mirror kept breathing somehow And that man got something to protect now [VERSE 3] So fuck all the memories trying to collect me Fuck every voice saying death would correct me I know what I’ve lost, I know what I’ve done But I’m not gonna die just to prove where I’m from Still twisted, still ruthless, still hard to decode Still carrying ghosts every mile on the road But pain ain’t the driver, it’s riding behind And I’m finally learning how to leave shit behind I don’t need redemption, I need distance and time Need to make peace with this fucked-up mind If the past keeps resisting, then let it resist I’m living proof it don’t always get the last hit [OUTRO] Still here. That’s the part they never understood. They thought the story ended back there. It didn’t.
