Not The War You Started

Verse 1

I carved my name into the walls

Of every room you left me in

Counted cracks across the ceiling

While you taught me how to bend

I wore your silence like a crown

Of thorns I pressed into my skin

You said love was made of bleeding

So I let the flood begin

Pre-Chorus

But I'm not yours

Not anymore

The boy you broke

Is at the door

Chorus

I am the war you started

The fire you can't contain

I am the scar that's hardened

Into something you can't break

I am the storm you weathered

'Til the lightning found its way

I am the war you started

And I'm not walking away

Verse 2

You pulled the floorboards from beneath

And called it disiplin

You fed me doubt until I choked

On everything I could have been

But something sharp grew in my chest

A blade of pure refusal

You wanted quiet company

But I became the funeral

Pre-Chorus

You built a cage

Of pretty names

I learned to burn

Inside the flame

Chorus

I am the war you started

The fire you can't contain

I am the scar that's hardened

Into something you can't break

I am the storm you weathered

'Til the lightning found its way

I am the war you started

And I'm not walking away

Bridge

And when the smoke clears

And the dust settles slow

I'll still be standing

In the ruins you know

You made a monster

By trying to break me

Now watch what the silence

Finally creates

Guitar Solo

Breakdown

(Go on)

(Go on and run)

I am the reckoning

The consequence

The son you never knew

The end you never saw coming

Final Chorus

I am the war you started

The fire you can't contain

I am the scar that's hardened

Into something you can't break

I am the storm you weathered

'Til the lightning found its way

I am the war you started

And I'm not walking away

Outro

Not walking away

Not walking away

I am the war

I am the war

Not walking away