[Verse 1] She learned the sound of hospital doors Before she learned what mothers were for A fever took the color from the room And every promise felt too soon They made her lunchroom into a cage Spit their names at her day after day She kept her sleeves pulled over her hands And changed schools like changing plans [Pre-Chorus] Another town, another borrowed bed Another goodbye left unsaid [Chorus] She says, āIām better now,ā but her eyes stay low Thereās a war in the places nobody knows Every empty chair still remembers a face Every friend who left took a piece of the space Sheās tired, so tired, but she still gets through With a song in her chest and a scar coming through [Verse 2] The funerals gathered like stones in her coat Names she could barely say without choking The people she trusted kept fading away Like winter taking the color from days She found a guitar when the words wouldnāt come Turned every locked door into a drum Music held steady when nothing else could A little bit of mercy where nobody stood [Pre-Chorus] Then therapy rooms with fluorescent light She told the truth, then went home for the night [Chorus] She says, āIām better now,ā but her eyes stay low Thereās a war in the places nobody knows Every empty chair still remembers a face Every friend who left took a piece of the space Sheās tired, so tired, but she still gets through With a song in her chest and a scar coming through [Bridge] Donāt call it healing just because she smiles Donāt call it over after all these miles She can name every wound, she can carry the weight But some mornings still open the old iron gate [Final Chorus] She says, āIām better now,ā and she tries to believe While the hurt pulls hard at the hem of her sleeve All the lost ones are quiet, but they live in her voice All the roads that she hated still led to a choice Sheās tired, so tired, but sheās here tonight Not fixed, not fearless, just holding on tight [Outro] If tomorrow asks her to start once again Sheāll breathe through the ache and begin where she can
