[Verse 1] I've been sitting in the corner of this dimly lit room Watching you smile like you don't see the damage in me I keep one foot near the exit sign, waiting for the lighter 'Cause everyone who ever said they loved me made me bleed It's not anything you did, it's just the ghost of what they left Left me holding all the wreckage of a trust I couldn't save I've been stepped on, I've been cast aside, treated like a ghost So I dug a deeper hole and made my hiding place a grave And I'm terrified I'll drag you down into my open wounds Turn your beauty into something cold and hollowed out and gray Yeah, I'm scared to be the anchor That suffocates your light Scared that if I give you all of me You'll turn and walk away [Chorus] But the stone is finally cracking beneath the mercy in your eyes I can feel the heavy shackles starting to release I am stepping through the shadows of the temples that I burned Finding beauty in the ruins, finding power in the peace I am reaching out my open hands, I'm tearing down the wall Every broken piece of history is casting off its shroud And I'm falling into freedom now I'm screaming to the sky [Verse 2] You don't know the kind of winter that's been frozen in my chest Where the loyalty just vanishes the second things get real I've been looking for the trap door, watching for the twist Waiting for the bitter moment that you show me how you feel But your eyes are like a mirror showing who I used to be Before the promises were broken and the truth was turned to rust There's a silence in your patience that is killing all my fears And it's forcing the assassin in my mind to turn to dust [Chorus] But the stone is finally cracking beneath the mercy in your eyes I can feel the heavy shackles starting to release I am stepping through the shadows of the temples that I burned Finding beauty in the ruins, finding power in the peace I am reaching out my open hands, I'm tearing down the wall Every broken piece of history is casting off its shroud And I'm falling into freedom now I'm screaming to the sky [Bridge] Look at my hands, they aren't shaking anymore Look at the ghost, it's lying dead upon the floor I am breaking every chain, I am giving up the blame I am rising from the ashes of the burden and the shame Can you see the shift? Can you feel the lift? I am pulling my own soul out of the drift [Outro] The walls are down, the armor's gone No more hiding from the dawn I'm letting go, I'm falling in Please tell me you see me where I begin
