Permanent Ink

Verse 1

I built a wall out of every word they said

Brick by brick till my hands went numb

I learned to walk with a storm inside my chest

Counting hours till the thunder comes

Pre-Chorus

And I swore I'd never let it show

But the cracks keep spreading slow

Chorus

I'm not asking for your pity

I'm just warning you I'm barely breathing

I drew the lines in permanent ink

Now I'm drowning in the lines I didn't think

Verse 2

They say forgiveness is a softer road

But I've been carving my name in stone

Every scar is a letter that I wrote

Every silence is a home I own

Pre-Chorus

And the mirror shows a stranger's face

Same blood but a different grace

Chorus

I'm not asking for your pity

I'm just warning you I'm barely breathing

I drew the lines in permanent ink

Now I'm drowning in the lines I didn't think

Bridge

Let me fall

Let me fall apart

Let the hollow fill my chest with art

I gave up the ghost I couldn't keep

Now I'm burying the boy I used to be

Chorus

I'm not asking for your pity

I'm just warning you I'm barely breathing

I drew the lines in permanent ink

Now I'm drowning in the lines I didn't think

I'm drowning

I'm drowning in the lines