Day After

I followed every shadow
Thinking it was light
Built myself in silence
Disappeared at night

I bent my spine to fit the crown
They never meant to give
Now something underneath my skin
Is asking me to live

I'm not breaking
I'm awake now
This is not the fall
It's the ground
No more waiting
No disguise
If I rise
I rise for mine

I was taught to stay smaller
Call it being kind
But I felt the weight growing
Every single time

I don't need their permission
I don't need their throne
What I am is finally
Something I own

I'm not breaking
I'm awake now
This is not the fall
It's the ground
No more waiting
No disguise
If I rise
I rise for mine

This isn't the end
It's the moment I decide