Inherited Scars

[Verse 1]
You taught me how to flinch
Doors slam first, then fists
Called it “just a little discipline”
We were kids, you were pissed

Broken plates in the sink
Names you spit like spit
Mama standing in the kitchen light
Trying not to get hit

You said, “I made you, I can break you”
Like that made you strong
Now every siren in my head
Says I don’t belong

[Chorus]
I am not my father’s hands
I am not his rage and rant
You can keep your broken plans
I’m the one who cuts that chain (cuts that chain)
You will never own my name
You will never wear my pain
I turn all your poison shame
Into fire in my veins

[Verse 2]
Taught myself how to love
By doing what you wouldn’t
Holding tight to all my siblings
Saying all the words you couldn’t

Lullabies in the hallway
Whisper, “you’re enough”
Wiping off the tears you started
Swearing this is where it stops

You said, “blood is all that matters”
But you bled us dry
Family isn’t what you’re born in
It’s who shows up when you cry

[Chorus]
I am not my father’s hands
I am not his rage and rant
You can keep your broken plans
I’m the one who cuts that chain (hey)
You will never own my name
You will never wear my pain
I turn all your poison shame
Into fire in my veins

[Bridge]
Yeah, I hate what you did to us (yeah)
Hate the way you twisted trust
But I won’t let you live in me
Like a room collecting dust

You’re a chapter, not my fate
A last name I can reshape
Watch me write a different ending
All that hurt, I’ll make it great (make it great)

[Chorus]
I am not my father’s hands
I am not his rage and rant
You can keep your broken plans
I’m the one who cuts that chain (cuts that chain)
You will never own my name
You will never wear my pain
I turn all your poison shame
Into fire in my veins (yeah)