Do You Understand the Violence It Took to Become This Gentle

[Verse]
The nights were knives that carved my name
The days
They burned like salt in flame
I wore the weight
I wore the blame
For sins that weren’t my own
[Prechorus]
But the scars turned soft
The fire died low
And somehow I learned to grow
[Chorus]
Do you understand the violence
It took to become this gentle
The wars I fought inside my skin
To hold the world
To let you in
Do you see the quiet strength
In the cracks where I begin
[Verse 2]
The mirror shattered
I swept the shards
Built a home from broken parts
My heart
It limps
But it still starts
Each morning like the sun
[Chorus]
Do you understand the violence
It took to become this gentle
The wars I fought inside my skin
To hold the world
To let you in
Do you see the quiet strength
In the cracks where I begin
[Bridge]
Gentle isn’t weak
It’s earned
Every bruise a lesson learned
Every fall a chance to rise
To find the calm within the cries

soft rock with country undertones, gentle, layered guitars, emotional male vocals, a blend of melancholy and resilience in the arrangement, steady, steady drumbeat, sad, country, soft rock, pop