Lyrics
[Intro: Instrumental] [Verse 1] I wore their verdicts like a brand
Bent my spine to fit their plans
Every nod I begged to earn
Left another nerve to burn
They measured me in borrowed scales
Cut me down where I grew pale
I kept shrinking, piece by piece
Calling that surrender “peace”
[Pre-Chorus] No more bending to be seen
No more starving in between
If I crawl, it’s toward the climb
Not their mercy—this is mine
[Chorus] I climb out with fractured hands
No applause, no promised land
Let them turn their heads away
I won’t kneel another day
From the depth I name my ground
Lose their voices, keep my sound
I climb out, I don’t explain
I don’t need their name on mine
[Verse 2] There’s a weight beneath the ribs
Where I stored what they forbid
All the “shoulds” I couldn’t meet
Stacked like stones around my feet
I broke mirrors made of them
Shards of doubt under my skin
Let it sting, let it mark
Better scars than living dark
[Pre-Chorus] I was begging just to fit
Now I’m done with all of it
If I rise, it’s through the strain
Not their measure—break the chain
[Chorus] I climb out with fractured hands
No applause, no promised land
Let them turn their heads away
I won’t kneel another day
From the depth I name my ground
Lose their voices, keep my sound
I climb out, I don’t explain
I don’t need their name on mine
[Breakdown] Cut the rope—let me fall upward
Crush the scale—no judge, no number
Spine of iron, lungs like thunder
I rebuild—no more hunger
[Instrumental] [Bridge] I kept asking to belong
While erasing what was strong
Now I carry all the blame
And still rise without their name
[Chorus] I climb out with fractured hands
No applause, no promised land
Let them turn their heads away
I won’t kneel another day
From the depth I name my ground
Lose their voices, keep my sound
I climb out, I don’t explain
I don’t need their name on mine...