Integrate

[Verse 1] I didn’t come out clean, I came out changed Left pieces of myself in the flame They say “you survived,” like that’s the end They don’t see what followed me back again I don’t jump at the noise, I wait it out Learned silence is louder than shouting now Every win left a bruise underneath Every breath tastes like memory [Pre-Chorus] They ask how I made it through I don’t answer — I just look at you [Chorus] What didn’t kill me stayed It learned my name, it learned my face I don’t carry pain — I coexist With everything I lived through and didn’t fix What didn’t kill me stayed I don’t heal, I recalibrate This isn’t strength, this isn’t brave It’s learning how to live with what remains [Verse 2] I don’t talk about scars like trophies earned Some lessons burn every time they’re learned I trust slow, I love with restraint I measure every promise by the weight I don’t chase peace, I keep it close Too much light makes the shadows grow I don’t fear the dark anymore I just know what it’s capable of [Pre-Chorus] They say “let it go, let it fade” Some things don’t leave — they integrate [Chorus] What didn’t kill me stayed It learned my name, it learned my face I don’t carry pain — I coexist With everything I lived through and didn’t fix What didn’t kill me stayed I don’t heal, I recalibrate This isn’t strength, this isn’t brave It’s learning how to live with what remains [Bridge] No victory lap No cure, no clean escape Just breath after breath And the shape that it takes [Final Chorus] What didn’t kill me stayed Not as a wound — as a frame I don’t deny it, I don’t pray I made a life inside the damage it made What didn’t kill me stayed I don’t break, I don’t fade This isn’t hope, this isn’t saved It’s survival after survival — sustained