Metal Mercy

Verse 1 You looked me in the eyes With your practiced kind of pity Like you’d already closed the case Like my future had gone missing You said, “This is how it’s gonna be” Like there was nothing left to say A life framed by metal and mercy And I just let my whole world break Pre-Chorus I took your words like gospel Let them echo in my chest Built my fear into a home And called survival “doing my best” Chorus You said never You said don’t hope You said this is as far as your body goes You drew a line Right in the dark But you didn’t know how strong my spirit was I lost years I lost faith I watched my body bend under the weight But one step turned to two And my lungs filled with truth You said never Now I’m running straight through you Verse 2 My body started folding in Under all the grief I carried Every day became a war zone Every breath felt cold and heavy I got so used to shrinking down To fitting inside your fear Didn’t know how much was mine And how much you planted there Pre-Chorus Till somewhere in the wreckage A spark lit in my bones Said, “Maybe what he gave you Was never yours to hold” Chorus You said never You said don’t hope You said this is as far as your body goes You drew a line Right in the dark But you didn’t know how strong my spirit was I lost years I lost faith I watched my body bend under the weight But one step turned to two And my lungs filled with truth You said never Now I’m running straight through you Bridge I’m not your diagnosis I’m not your worst prediction I’m not the sentence handed down By somebody else’s vision You saw a door close I found a window wide You thought you named my ending But I was learning how to fight Breakdown First I stood Then I moved Then I found the nerve to trust my own truth Then I walked Then I ran Now I am everything you said I’d never be Final Chorus You said never You said no way You said I’d live my whole life one small place But look at me I crossed that line With fire in my chest and my head held high I got bruised I got torn But I came back louder than before Now the ground under my feet Sounds like my victory You said never But never didn’t know me Outro Now I’m running Now I’m running Out of that fear Out of that ruin Now I’m running And every step says You were wrong