Don’t live there anymore

DON’T LIVE THERE ANYMORE

V1

I learned anger like a first-taught tongue

Slammed doors hard till the damage was done

Every small loss felt end-of-the-line

I didn’t know how to restart time

V2

I wore my feelings like a winter coat

Dragged every slight like a sinking boat

If it hurt once, I replayed the scene

Like pain was proof of something real in me

Pre1

Is feeling it the same as being true

Or am I letting hurt decide what I do

Chorus

I fall apart, but I don’t stay down

I take the hit, then turn it around

I feel the ache, but I don’t keep score

Pain knocks loud, I don’t answer the door

‘CAUSE I DON’T LIVE THERE ANYMORE

V3

At ten I could sulk till the daylight died

Make silence loud so it stayed inside

I thought holding on meant standing tall

Didn’t know release could save me at all

V4

Every apology came bent and late

After all the hours I’d already spent

Guarded my moods like they paid the rent

As if being stuck was time well spent

V5

I memorized every wrong they did

Forgot the life I might have lived

Anger felt safe. Sadness felt deep

But both made promises they couldn’t keep

Pre2

How much of my life am I gonna lose

Just to prove I was right about the bruise

Chorus

I fall apart, but I don’t stay down

I take the hit, then turn it around

I feel the ache, but I don’t keep score

Pain knocks loud, I don’t answer the door

‘CAUSE I DON’T LIVE THERE ANYMORE

V6

By twenty I learned to fake a grin

Say I’m fine while I’m caving in

Wore functioning pain like a borrowed suit

Still bleeding quiet in my boots

V7

I learned to work through the ache instead

Keep my hands busy, outrun my head

But speed ain’t healing, it just delays

All the quiet bills emotion sends

V8

Some nights I sat with the weight too long

Called it depth. Called it being strong

But strength ain’t drowning in what you feel

It’s knowing when to swim back real

Pre3

If I stay here, what do I miss

What future fades while I replay this

Chorus

I fall apart, but I don’t stay down

I take the hit, then turn it around

I feel the ache, but I don’t keep score

Pain knocks loud, I don’t answer the door

‘CAUSE I DON’T LIVE THERE ANYMORE

V9

By thirty the math got sharp and clear

Every stuck hour costs something dear

Resentment charges interest fast

On moments I’ll never get back

V10

I still feel pain. I still get mad

Still have days that hit me bad

But I set a timer on despair

I feel it fully, then I’m outta there

Pre4

Is this moment worth my whole day

Or just a mile on a longer way

Chorus

I fall apart, but I don’t stay down

I take the hit, then turn it around

I feel the ache, but I don’t keep score

Pain knocks loud, I don’t answer the door

‘CAUSE I DON’T LIVE THERE ANYMORE

V11

I don’t deny when something breaks

I don’t rush grief. I don’t fake faith

I just refuse to let one scene

Become the place I permanently stay

V12

I honor pain by letting it pass

Not building a home in shattered glass

I thank it for what it came to say

Then I choose movement anyway

Pre5

If life keeps knocking me to the floor

What am I practicing getting up for

Chorus

I fall apart, but I don’t stay down

I take the hit, then turn it around

I feel the ache, but I don’t keep score

Pain knocks loud, I don’t answer the door

‘CAUSE I DON’T LIVE THERE ANYMORE

V13

Now when it hurts, I listen close

Loosen the grip. I let it go

Not because it didn’t matter then

But because my life still matters now

Bridge

I’m not tougher. I just heal fast

I don’t erase it. I don’t relive the past

I learned the skill nobody sees

Getting back to myself quickly

Chorus. EXTENDED

I fall apart, but I don’t stay down

I take the hit, then turn it around

I feel the ache, but I don’t keep score

Pain knocks loud, I don’t answer the door

‘CAUSE I DON’T LIVE THERE ANYMORE