[Intro ] An old shadow… A silence that never dies… [Verse 1] Some faces never leave you Even when the years move on A tone, a stare, a doorway closing And suddenly the air is gone Some wounds don’t bleed in public They settle deep beneath the skin They teach a child to doubt his breathing Before he even learns where to begin [Verse 2] There were hands that should have guided There were words that only bruised There were walls dressed up as shelter There was power being abused No room to speak, no space to answer No place to lean, no place to hide And every silence in that building Kept the truth locked up inside [Chorus] But I walked out alive Yes, I walked out alive Through the silence, through the shame They could wound me, not erase my name I walked out alive Yes, I walked out alive What they buried in the dark Came back burning like a spark [Verse 3] Always pushed a little farther Always left a little out Like a ghost among the living Like a prayer that turned to doubt They called it order, called it guidance Called it care in colder words But mercy never sounds like thunder And truth is not a cage of hurt [Pre-Chorus] The others knew The others saw But fear can teach the eyes to fall And when power fills the room Even decent people crawl [Chorus] But I walked out alive Yes, I walked out alive Through the silence, through the shame They could wound me, not erase my name I walked out alive Yes, I walked out alive What they buried in the dark Came back burning like a spark [Bridge – ] No witness No warning No rescue No dawn Just a child Learning slowly How to carry What was done And now I stand without naming What no longer needs a throne Every line I sing becomes an answer Every word reclaims my bones [Final Chorus] I walked out alive Yes, I walked out alive From the absence, from the blame I became much more than what they named I walked out alive Yes, I walked out alive And the weight they placed on me Became my strength, my way, my voice, my dream [Outro – ] I made from pain a direction I made from loss a voice I made from all they tried to break A life… a fire… a choice
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