Broken Road Knows My Name

Verse 1

Grew up on a corner where the dogs bark all night

Mama working double shifts just to keep the lights

I used to count the pavement cracks like they owed me rent

Every open window was a story I never meant

Little kid with a backpack full of borrowed dreams

Teachers told me I was loud but I was just screaming

Now I'm standing in the shower with the water cold

Trying to wash the silence out of everything I hold

Pre-Chorus

And I keep running from the static in my head

Running from the faces that I used to know

Chorus

This world is heavy on my shoulders

But I'm still standing in the rain

Learning that the broken road

Is the only road that knows my name

Yeah the only road that knows my name

Verse 2

My cousin went to prison for a deal gone wrong

I wrote him twenty letters but the words felt wrong

Momma said forgiveness is a muscle you have to train

But I've been lifting all these grudges till my heart feels strained

I've seen the alley cats grow up meaner than the strays

Seen the same boys turn to ghosts in a matter of days

I keep my medals in a shoebox under my bed

Trophies don't mean nothing when the past won't rest

Verse 3

I've been popping all these memories just to feel alive

Every late night got a different reason I survive

They gon' label me the problem but the problem's in my mind

I been chasing all these feelings tryna leave 'em all behind

Wrote my pain down in a notebook till the pages turned black

Every tear drop on the paper is a scar I can't take back

I told mama I'm alright but she know that's a lie

The pills do the talking when the tears won't cry

Pre-Chorus

And I keep running from the static in my head

Running from the voices that I never said

Chorus

This world is heavy on my shoulders

But I'm still standing in the rain

Learning that the broken road

Is the only road that knows my name

Yeah the only road that knows my name

Juice WRLD Verse

Yeah

I been drowning in my thoughts since I was seventeen

Every dream I ever had was just a different way to bleed

They say music save lives but the nights get so dark

I been singing to the void tryna leave my mark

Faded in the moonlight, chasing all the wrong things

Every high I ever rode just brought a couple more stings

I miss the kid who smiled before he knew the cost

Now I'm trading every happy thought for something that I lost

I got scars underneath the tattoos on my sleeve

Every person that I loved said goodbye and then they leave

I been screaming at the ceiling like it owes me an answer

But the silence been my only and forever my cancer

Pre-Chorus

And I keep running from the static in my head

Running from the demons knocking at my door

Chorus

This world is heavy on my shoulders

But I'm still standing in the rain

Learning that the broken road

Is the only road that knows my name

Yeah the only road that knows my name

Juice WRLD Outro

Yeah, uh

Tell my momma that I love her, I was just a lost boy

Got too good at the pretending, too good at the destroy

If you hear this when I'm gone, know I finally found the peace

Every angel on my shoulder finally taught my soul to breathe

Yeah

Breathe

Breathe