Sunset Shimmer | My Past Is Not Today (Electro-Rock)

[Verse 1] I used to hide in hallways Head down, heart on hold Smiling through my sharpened teeth Playing the part I was told I wore my pride like armor But it cut me from inside Every victory felt empty Every echo just a lie [Chorus] My past is not today I’m done letting shame hold sway I’m more than my worst mistake I’m brighter than all I break I burned those brittle chains Stepped out of my own gray I won’t be what I became My past is not today [Verse 2] I see the girl in mirrors Eyes red, hands clenched tight Thought power meant being feared Thought love was just a fight Now every scar’s a story Not a sentence, not a cage I’m learning to forgive her As I turn another page [Chorus] My past is not today I’m done letting shame hold sway I’m more than my worst mistake I’m brighter than all I break I burned those brittle chains Stepped out of my own gray I won’t be what I became My past is not today [Bridge] I was ashes in a circle (oh-oh) waiting on a spark Then a hand reached through the smoke Pulled the sunrise from the dark If I fall again tomorrow I’ll rise anyway I am not the storm I started I am what remains [Chorus] My past is not today I’m done letting shame hold sway I’m more than my worst mistake I’m brighter than all I break I burned those brittle chains Stepped out of my own gray I won’t be what I became My past is not today (oh-oh) My past is not today