I built a home out of hollow bones Slept in the ache I called my own Buried the lie where no one could see And prayed the dark would set me free I dug a grave for who I was Beneath the weight of just because Now every scar's a map I read To find the ghost I used to be What I buried to become me Wasn't pretty, wasn't clean It was love I couldn't carry And dreams that split at the seams I'm not proud of every ending But I'm breathing finally So don't ask me to unearth What I buried to become me I kept the notes you never read Folded beneath the words I said I wore your silence like a crown And let it pull me further down I dug a grave for who I was Beneath the weight of just because Now every scar's a map I read To find the ghost I used to be What I buried to become me Wasn't pretty, wasn't clean It was love I couldn't carry And dreams that split at the seams I'm not proud of every ending But I'm breathing finally So don't ask me to unearth What I buried to become me I lit a match to my old reflection Watched it burn with no objection If healing means forgetting Then I'll forget with conviction I'm not the same I'm not sorry I'm the wreckage Turned to poetry What I buried to become me Wasn't pretty, wasn't clean It was love I couldn't carry And dreams that split at the seams I'm not proud of every ending But I'm breathing finally So don't ask me to unearth What I buried to become me