Raised a Son

[Verse 1]
You opened up my drawers
Pulled colors from my hands
Shirts on the bedroom floor
Like you’re wiping off the sand
You held my little flag
By the corner
Like it burned
Said
“Didn’t you hear me
Last time? Guess you never learn”
[Pre-Chorus]
You said you raised a son
Like it’s a cage I can’t outrun
I said
“You’re mean”
You said
“I’m right”
Now I’m packing tears with the broken light
[Chorus]
You say you raised a son
But you don’t even see me
Tearing down the things I love
Like that could ever change me
You keep yelling what I’m not
I keep shaking
Holding on
If this is what you call love
Why does it hurt this strong?
[Verse 2]
Trash bag in your fist
My dress caught on the seam
You tossed it in the dark
Like you’re throwing out a dream
You pointed at the door
Voice sharp like shattered glass
Said
“I don’t want that here”
Like I’m just a storm to pass
[Pre-Chorus]
You said you raised a son
Like that’s the only way I come
I said
“You’re mean”
You rolled your eyes
But I won’t keep living in your lies
[Chorus]
You say you raised a son
But you don’t even see me
Tearing down the things I love
Like that could ever change me
You keep yelling what I’m not
I keep shaking
Holding on
If this is what you call love
Why does it hurt this strong?
[Bridge]
[low vocal register] One day you’ll see my face
Past the rules you wrapped in grace
I’m still here
I still belong
With painted nails and a stubborn heart
[stronger vocal] You can throw my flag away
But you can’t take who I am
I’m not broken
I’m not wrong
I’m not the shame you think I am
[Chorus]
[Chorus]
[Outro]
Softly
I breathe it
“I’m still your child”
You can’t erase me
However wild
You say you raised a son
But I’m more than what you want to see

pop, Melancholy K-pop ballad with male vocals, airy pads and sparse piano in the verses, roomy drums and swelling synth strings in the chorus. Start fragile and intimate, then build into a cathartic hook with stacked harmonies and subtle vocal chops, ending on a soft, unresolved echo of the title line., k-pop