“I didn’t come back clean. I didn’t come back whole.”
This one is for anyone who disappeared into the noise and had to drag every broken piece of themselves back out. They heard the silence and called it the end. You mistook her for a memory.
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LYRICS:
[Intro]
I know…
You thought the silence swallowed me.
It nearly did.
But nearly… ain’t enough.
[Verse 1]
I disappeared without a warning,
No grand goodbye, no final scene,
Just watched the world keep moving forward
From somewhere no one else could see.
I lost my name inside the noise,
Learned how to hurt without a sound,
No pretty scars, no perfect story,
Just one more night…
Then one more round.
[Pre-Chorus]
But somewhere underneath the wreckage,
Something started making sound,
First a whisper, then a warning…
Can you hear me now?
[Chorus]
I’M BACK FROM THE BACKSTREETS,
BACK FROM OBSCURITY,
BACK WITH A HEARTBEAT
THAT SOUNDS LIKE ARTILLERY.
You heard the silence,
And called it the end…
I’VE BEEN TO THE BLACK,
AND I’M BACK AGAIN.
(BACK AGAIN)
[Post-Chorus]
You thought the dark had buried me…
(BACK AGAIN)
Baby, darkness remembers me.
[Verse 2]
I know the taste of empty pockets,
I know the weight of closing doors,
I know how quickly hands stop reaching
When you’ve got nothing left to offer anymore.
But I found teeth inside the hunger,
Found a pulse beneath the doubt,
You can push me to the edges…
But you can’t keep me out.
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Every bruise became a rhythm,
Every scar became a sound,
You mistook me for a memory…
LOOK WHO’S STANDING NOW.
[Chorus]
I’M BACK FROM THE BACKSTREETS,
BACK FROM OBSCURITY,
BACK WITH A HEARTBEAT
THAT SOUNDS LIKE ARTILLERY.
You heard the silence,
And called it the end…
I’VE BEEN TO THE BLACK,
AND I’M BACK AGAIN.
(BACK AGAIN, BACK AGAIN)
[Breakdown]
I didn’t come back clean.
I didn’t come back whole.
I dragged every broken piece
Of myself…
BACK HOME.
You wanted proof that I survived?
TURN IT UP.
TURN IT UP.
TURN. IT. UP.
[Bridge]
To the ones who kept the light on,
To the ones who knew my name,
When I couldn’t find the fire,
You still waited for the flame.
I was never gone forever,
I was learning how to stay…
And if you waited through the silence…
THIS ONE’S FOR YOU.
SO SING IT WITH ME.
[Final Chorus]
I’M BACK FROM THE BACKSTREETS,
BACK FROM OBSCURITY,
BACK WITH AN ARMY
OF EVERY BROKEN PIECE OF ME.
YOU HEARD THE SILENCE,
NOW HEAR HOW IT ENDS…
I’VE BEEN TO THE BLACK,
AND I’M…
BACK AGAIN.
BACK FROM THE BACKSTREETS!
(BACK AGAIN!)
BACK FROM OBSCURITY!
(BACK AGAIN!)
BACK WITH A HEARTBEAT
THAT SOUNDS LIKE ARTILLERY!
You heard the silence…
NOW YOU’LL REMEMBER ME.
[Outro]
Back again…
Back again…
Back again…
You thought the silence swallowed me.
Not this time.
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