Lyrics
[verse]
Every wish I whispered met a wall of stone
Every step I took, I took it on my own
Told the mirror lies until I half believed
Wore the mask so long I nearly couldn't leave
[verse]
Grew up counting shadows on a chapel floor
Learned to want forgiveness I could not afford
Every joy I felt came dressed in creeping shame
Like the world had given every dream a different name
[chorus]
They said it's wrong to want, it's wrong to feel
Wrong to chase the things that make me real
But I'm done kneeling to a guilt that isn't mine
I'm done living out somebody else's line
[verse]
Now I walk out into a wider kind of light
Carrying the weight of every silent fight
Every rule they gave me, I unlearn it slow
Building something honest out of all I know
[chorus]
They said it's wrong to want, it's wrong to feel
Wrong to chase the things that make me real
But I'm done kneeling to a guilt that isn't mine
I'm done living out somebody else's line
[bridge]
No more begging pardon for the way I'm made
No more burning quiet in the shade
This is my own reckoning to write
I choose the morning over that old night
[chorus]
They said it's wrong to want, it's wrong to feel
Wrong to chase the things that make me real
But I'm done kneeling to a guilt that isn't mine
I'm done living out somebody else's line
