Scars Like Maps

Lyrics

(Spoken Intro — calm, almost conversational)

Everybody has scars...

Some you can see...

Some you can't.

Some came from people...

Some came from life...

Some... you gave yourself.

None of them mean you failed.

They mean...

You survived something.

So don't hide them...

You might be showing somebody else...

How to find their way home.

(A guitar note rings... drums slowly build...)

(Verse 1)

I used to...

Hide the lines...

Wear long sleeves...

Hide my life...

Thought every mark...

Meant defeat...

'Til I learned...

What they mean...

Every scar...

Has a name...

Every wound...

Taught me change...

Every mile...

Every fight...

Led me here...

Tonight...

(Pre-Chorus)

I don't erase...

Where I've been...

Without those roads...

I wouldn't...

Be...

Me...

(Chorus)

SCARS LIKE MAPS!

Every line...

Shows the way...

SCARS LIKE MAPS!

I survived...

Yesterday...

Every cut...

Every crack...

Pointed me...

Right back...

Home...

SCARS LIKE MAPS!

(Verse 2)

If you think...

You're too far...

Take a look...

At my arms...

Not ashamed...

Not anymore...

Every scar...

Opened doors...

You don't have...

To pretend...

Perfect stories...

Never mend...

Broken hearts...

Still can laugh...

That's the beauty...

Of the path...

(Pre-Chorus)

Don't be afraid...

Of where you've been...

Your story...

Might save...

Someone else...

(Chorus)

SCARS LIKE MAPS!

Every line...

Shows the way...

SCARS LIKE MAPS!

I survived...

Yesterday...

Every cut...

Every crack...

Pointed me...

Right back...

Home...

SCARS LIKE MAPS!

(Bridge)

Maybe...

Somebody's watching...

Wondering...

If they can...

Keep going...

If my scars...

Can answer...

Then they're worth...

Everything...

(Breakdown)

UGH!

Wear them!

UGH!

Own them!

UGH!

Every scar...

Tells...

A...

Story!

(Final Chorus)

SCARS LIKE MAPS!

Don't look away...

SCARS LIKE MAPS!

They're the reason...

I'm still here today...

If your road...

Feels too long...

Look at mine...

And carry on...

SCARS LIKE MAPS!

(Outro — spoken softly)

Maybe...

The things you're trying hardest to hide...

Will become...

The reason someone else...

Finds their way.