The Truth You Couldn't Name

[Verse 1] I lived inside the dark you built around my name You were the steady compass; I was always the flame You fed me every fracture like it made me whole Dressed my wounds in barbed wire, called it saving my soul [Pre-Chorus] But mercy with conditions isn't mercy at all... The hand that holds you tightest is the first to let you fall... [Chorus] You crowned yourself the good one — But love was never your game! You needed me beneath you To keep yourself free from blame! I was never the broken one — I was the truth you couldn't name! [Verse 2] You painted every exit with the color of my sin Made yourself the savior so no one looked within You needed someone smaller so your shadow could grow tall So you handed me the monster — and I believed it all [Pre-Chorus] But I've been reading the silence between the lines you wrote... Recognizing your handwriting around my throat... [Chorus] You crowned yourself the good one — But love was never your game! You needed me beneath you To keep yourself free from blame! I was never the broken one — I was the truth you couldn't name! [Bridge] Same blood, same roots, same soil — But you chose the thorns You built a saint from my ruin While I was being born [Bridge Build] And I don't hate you for it I just finally see — The cage was never keeping others out... It was keeping me. [Final Chorus / Big Finish] You crowned yourself the good one — But love was never your game! You needed me beneath you To keep yourself free from blame! I was never the broken one — I was the truth you couldn't name! [Outro] I am not what you named me I am not what you made I survived the story That you told so you'd be saved