[Verse 1]
You left that scar on my name
I turned it into a flame
Every crack in my frame
Made me run from the same old pain
I was down in the dirt
Counting bruises like lessons
Now I wear what it hurt
Like a crown in the session
You said I’d fold, I stood
You said I’d fall, I climbed
Every dark thing you threw
Got me sharper with time
[Pre-Chorus]
And I don’t break, I build
From the weight in my chest
What you tried to bury
I turned into strength
[Chorus]
I use the pain you gave me
(I use it, I use it)
I push until it breaks me
(I push it, I push it)
You said I’d never be
But look what I became
You made me mean
Then fed my aim
[Verse 2]
Now I move like a storm
With a calm in my eyes
I was forged in the cold
Now I burn when I rise
Every no was a nail
Every door was a dare
I been hammering hard
Till the whole world could hear
You were wrong about me
You were wrong every time
I got thunder in my ribs
And a reason to climb
All that weight on my back
Turned my spine into steel
What you gave was a wound
What I made was real
[Pre-Chorus]
And I don’t bend, I bite
At the edge of the edge
What you tried to end
Got me hungrier instead
[Chorus]
I use the pain you gave me
(I use it, I use it)
I push until it breaks me
(I push it, I push it)
You said I’d never be
But look what I became
You made me mean
Then fed my aim
[Bridge]
Now watch me rise from the crack
From the dust, from the wreck
I made a door out of lack
And I kicked through the edge
If you see me, you’ll know
Every scar tells the truth
You were never my end
You were proof I would move
[Final Chorus]
I use the pain you gave me
(I use it, I use it)
I push until it breaks me
(I push it, I push it)
You said I’d never be
But look what I became
You made me mean
Then fed my aim
I use the pain you gave me
(I use it, I use it)
I rise where you caged me
(I rise, I rise)
You said I’d never be
But look what I became
I’m better now
Than you ever could imagine