Left Standing

You dimmed my sun
Told me that the dark was home
Walked on glass
Just to keep you close
You called it love
Every time you slammed the door
I called it normal
Till I couldn't anymore

I packed the tears with the t-shirts
Left your blame on the floor
Heart still shaking in my rib cage
But my hand's on the door

I'm out of your shadow
I'm back in my skin
You tried to break me hollow
But look who's breathing again
You were the storm
I was the window
Now I'm the thunder
I'm the echo
I'm out of your shadow
You're never dragging me in

New key
Same car
But the road feels wide this time
Laugh too loud
Just to hear that I'm alive
Your voice still crawls
From the corners of my mind
I turn it down
With every mile I drive

I stitched the cracks with my courage
Every scar
Every line
You were the worst kind of ending
I'm the best underline

I'm out of your shadow
I'm back in my skin
You tried to break me hollow
But look who's breathing again
You were the storm
I was the window
Now I'm the thunder
I'm the echo
I'm out of your shadow
You're never dragging me in

You said I'd be nothing
Guess you made a prophet out of fear
Look at me now
Look at me now
Still standing here
I was buried in your darkness
Now I'm blazing in the clear
Look at me now
Look at me now
Can you hear
Can you hear?

I'm out of your shadow
I'm back in my skin
You tried to break me hollow
But look who's breathing again
You were the storm
I was the window
Now I'm the thunder
I'm the echo
I'm out of your shadow
You're never dragging me in

Words & music by Nikita Monday.