Gao's Song

I kept my head down, a ghost in the foyer Building a case like a cut-rate lawyer Counting the steps between the "sorry" and the "shame" Learning the rules of a rigged-up game. ​(Chorus) I’m not the victim in your rearview mirror! The closer I get, the vision is clearer! You can’t cage the wind, you can’t bolt the sky I’m leaving the "hollow" and the "how" and the "why" Yeah, I’m the thunder you couldn’t contain I’m the survivor, and I’m breaking the chain! ​ You said it was love, but the bruises were real Trading my soul for a lopsided deal But while you were shouting, I was building a wall Of something you couldn't even see at all. and so it started with a whisper in the dark Asking for a light, just a tiny little spark I spent twelve months searching for the girl I used to know Planting seeds of "Leaving" and watching them grow. I manifested muscle where the spirit was thin I whispered "I am capable" beneath my skin I saw the exit sign before I reached the door I wasn't just a person on the floor anymore. ​ It wasn’t my fault nor was it my weight! That year of looking turned into fate! I felt the shift! I felt the turn! I’m the fire you didn't think would burn! ​ I’m not the victim in your rearview mirror! The closer I get, the vision is clearer! You can’t cage the wind, you can’t bolt the sky I’m leaving the "hollow" and the "how" and the "why" Yeah, I’m the thunder you couldn’t contain I’m the survivor, and I’m breaking the chain! ​(Outro) I prayed for the strength. I found the strength. I am the strength. I’m walking out. (Final, massive guitar chord that rings into silence.)