Static in My Chest (The Saga: Part 1)

Title: “Static in My Chest” (Verse 1) I wake up to the same cracked ceiling Same dead eyes in the mirror stare Everybody says keep breathing Like breathing means somebody cares I walk through crowds like smoke in winter Cold enough to disappear Laughing faces pass right through me Like I was never even here And every night I hear my own voice Saying “boy, you ain’t enough” So I wear silence like an old coat Heavy from the rain and rust (Pre-Chorus) But somewhere underneath the wreckage Under all the doubt I hide There’s a heartbeat still resisting A fire I thought had died (Chorus) I am more than all these shadows More than every scar I hide I survived the nights that told me I deserved to break inside No, I’m not invisible No, I’m not born to lose I spent my whole life waiting For someone else to choose But I choose me now Yeah, I choose me now And these broken hands still carry A soul that won’t back down (Verse 2) I used to count my flaws like prayers Memorize each painful line Thought my worth was something earned By bleeding all the time I gave my heart to empty people Just to feel a little seen Now I know the darkest prisons Are the ones we never leave And maybe I’m still scared tomorrow Maybe healing comes in waves But I’m done digging my own grave Trying to make the world feel safe (Pre-Chorus) Cause every wound became a lesson Every tear became a spark Turns out even shattered mirrors Still reflect a beating heart (Big Chorus) I am more than all these shadows More than what they said of me I was drowning in the silence Now I’m finally learning how to breathe No, I’m not disposable No, I was born for more Every time they tried to break me I became harder to ignore Yeah, I choose me now After all these years And I won’t apologize For surviving all my fears (Bridge – stripped down, emotional) If nobody sees you Keep standing in the light If nobody loves you Love yourself tonight Cause the boy who felt forgotten Still deserved to be alive And the man he’s growing into Finally knows why (Final Chorus – anthem) I am more than all these shadows I’m the storm that made it through Every scar becomes a signal That my heart still tells the truth No, I’m not invisible No, I won’t disappear I spent my whole damn life Believing I was weak with fear But look at me now Still standing somehow Yeah, the world can hear me now The world can hear me now And I choose me Through the hurt, through the doubt I choose me And I’m not backing down