scarred
Lyrics
[INTRO — Soft piano, distant thunder, whispered vocals]
Do you know what it's like
To smile when you're breaking?
To carry the weight
Of everything you've been facing?
I buried the words
That I couldn't explain.
But even in silence,
I remember the pain.
And these scars…
They remember everything.
[VERSE 1 — Soft clean vocals building into gritty vocals]
I learned to read the silence in a room,
To recognize the darkness coming through.
I gave away the pieces of my soul,
Trying to make a broken story whole.
I wore a smile to cover every crack,
Kept forgiving those who never looked back.
I let their voices tell me who to be,
Until I couldn't recognize the girl in me.
[PRE-CHORUS — Rising vocals, orchestral strings]
Every promise turned to ashes,
Every truth became a lie.
I kept searching for the reasons
While the years were passing by.
But there's a fire underneath
Everything they tried to bury.
[CHORUS — Massive guitars, powerful female vocals]
I'M SCARRED!
BUT I'M STILL STANDING!
Through every storm, through every landing!
You left your marks, but you don't own me,
You never knew the strength beneath me!
I'M SCARRED!
BUT I AM BREATHING!
I'm done pretending, done believing
That I was born to wear your shame.
These scars are mine, but they're not my name!
[VERSE 2 — Aggressive vocals, fast metalcore riffs]
You took my trust and twisted every thread,
Left a thousand unanswered words unsaid.
You played the innocent, you played the king,
While I was questioning everything.
You made your choices, let me take the blame,
Then acted like I was the one who changed.
But I can see the truth without your eyes,
And I won't disappear beneath your lies.
I am not the things you called me,
I am not the pain you gave.
I'm the voice that kept on screaming,
I'm the one you couldn't break.
[PRE-CHORUS 2 — Layered vocals, building drums]
I hear the echoes getting quieter,
I feel the walls begin to fall.
I spent so long believing
I was nothing after all.
But every scar is proof
That I am more than what I lost.
[CHORUS — Full band, soaring vocals and backing screams]
I'M SCARRED!
BUT I'M STILL STANDING!
Through every storm, through every landing!
You left your marks, but you don't own me,
You never knew the strength beneath me!
I'M SCARRED!
BUT I AM BREATHING!
I'm done pretending, done believing
That I was born to wear your shame.
These scars are mine, but they're not my name!
[BRIDGE — Piano, cello, vulnerable female vocals]
Sometimes I still hear the echoes,
Sometimes the past feels close.
Sometimes I question everything
That I thought I used to know.
And I wish I could go back
And tell that younger soul:
You didn't deserve the silence.
You didn't deserve the lies.
You didn't have to earn your worth
By keeping everybody satisfied.
You were always worth saving.
You were always enough.
Even underneath the damage,
There was still a heart of gold.
[BUILD-UP — Choir, rising drums, increasingly powerful vocals]
I will not hide!
I will not bend!
I will not let my past decide how this story ends!
I AM STILL HERE!
[BREAKDOWN — Downtuned guitars, half-time drums, aggressive screams]
LOOK AT ME NOW!
I'M NOT YOUR SHADOW!
I'M NOT YOUR GHOST!
I'M NOT THE PERSON
YOU WANTED THE MOST!
YOU LEFT YOUR MARKS!
YOU LEFT YOUR LIES!
BUT YOU DON'T GET TO DEFINE MY LIFE!
NO MORE SHAME!
NO MORE BLAME!
I'M TAKING BACK MY NAME!
I AM SCARRED!
BUT I AM NOT BROKEN!
[FINAL CHORUS — Explosive symphonic metalcore, choir and layered vocals]
I'M SCARRED!
BUT I'M STILL STANDING!
I found my voice when you stopped understanding!
You left your marks, but you don't own me,
There's so much more than what you've shown me!
I'M SCARRED!
BUT I AM RISING!
No more hiding, no compromising!
I won't apologize for who I became,
These scars are mine, but they're not my name!
I AM THE STORM!
I AM THE FLAME!
I AM THE WOMAN WHO RECLAIMED HER NAME!
[OUTRO — Piano returns, soft whispered vocals]
Maybe I'll carry these scars forever.
Maybe some memories never disappear.
But I am more than what happened to me.
And for the first time…
I'm finally here.
Scarred…
But still standing.