Rise Without You

Yeah... You thought revenge meant coming for you.

Nah.

My revenge is becoming everything

you said I could never be.

You left me in the ashes,

thought I'd never rise,

Thought I'd spend forever believing all your lies.

You took everything you could,

tried to bury my name,

Walked away smiling like you somehow won the game.

I remember every insult,

every cut, every scar,

Every time you tried to convince me I wouldn't get far.

You wanted me broken,

wanted me begging for peace,

Wanted me dependent so you'd never have to release.

But something changed when I hit the bottom,

I stopped asking why and started solving the problem.

Stopped chasing your approval,

stopped needing your praise,

Started building up myself from the wreckage you made.

You expected anger. You expected attack.

Instead I disappeared... And I never looked back.

This is my revenge— I don't need your blood on my hands.

This is my revenge— I'm becoming the man that I am.

You wanted me broken,

You wanted me weak,

Now I'm standing taller than you ever thought I'd be.

This is my

revenge. You don't get to see me fall.

You thought you ended everything— You didn't end me at all.

You can keep your excuses,

keep your twisted little story,

Keep telling everybody that you were the one who was sorry.

I don't need to correct you,

I don't need to defend,

Because truth has a way of showing up in the end.

I used to dream about making you feel what I felt,

Making you hurt, making you question yourself.

You know what hurts worse than hate?

Indifference.

When your name stops hurting.

When your face stops haunting me.

When I stop wondering

whether you regret what you did.

That's when you lose.

Because I'm not waiting for you anymore.

This is my revenge—

I don't need your blood on my hands.

This is my revenge— I'm becoming the man that I am.

You wanted me broken,

You wanted me weak,

Now I'm standing taller than you ever thought I'd be.

This is my

revenge. You don't get to see me fall.

You thought you ended everything— You didn't end me at all.

You wanted revenge?

Look at me.

I'm still here. I'm stronger.

I'm wiser. I'm free.

And you... You're just a chapter I don't read anymore.