Scars Don'T Lie

They see the smile, and I see the nights you didn't wanna wake up
They hear your laugh, but they don't know what you buried just to breathe
Scars don't lie, but they do speak

These scars don't lie, they just speak soft truth
Every line in my skin's got a piece of proof
That I fell, got crushed, but I still stood tall
Took pain in the chest, but refused to fall

Yeah, these scars don't lie, they're my battle sign
I've been bruised, been lost, but I never resigned
If you see me smile, just know what I've seen
I'm a fighter in the fire with a soul that bleeds

I come from where the gravel meets broken dreams
Where the nights cut deep, and the church don't scream
Where your silence is sacred, your pain's tucked in
And you swallow your tears just to blend back in

PTSD in the rearview, trust in the ditch
I've been through some hell I don't talk about quick
But I lace up my boots like I always do
With a voice in my head sayin', "Get back through"

Ain't no shame in the hurt, I just made it mine
Turned every heartbreak to a battle line
So don't judge my calm if you ain't seen the storm
I'm alive through the fire, I was made, not born

To the ones that's tired but still don't quit
To the lost ones silent in the deepest pit
You're a light in the dark, you're a soul that fights
Let the scars tell the story 'til the pain turns right

Scars don't lie, they just speak soft truth
Every line in my skin's got a piece of proof
That I fell, got crushed, but I still stood tall
Took pain in the chest, but refused to fall

Yeah, these scars don't lie, they're my battle sign
I've been bruised, been lost, but I never resigned
If you see me smile, just know what I've seen
I'm a fighter in the fire with a soul that bleeds

I know what it's like when your mind turns loud
When the voices say "quit," and you push 'em down
When your hands shake still from the nights long gone
But you face the day like nothing's wrong

I ain't perfect, nah, I'm patched and worn
I got cracks in my soul, I got habits torn
But I keep showing up when the world says no
Got a strength in my chest that they'll never know

So here's to the ones with the haunted past
Who keep movin' forward with a shattered map
You're not broken, you're forged in flame
And the world better watch when you rise again

Oh-oh
Let the pain be proof, not shame
Oh, oh-oh
Every scar you've earned got a name

These scars don't lie, they just speak soft truth
Every line in my skin's got a piece of proof
That I fell, got crushed, but I still stood tall
Took pain in the chest, but refused to fall

Yeah, these scars don't lie, they're my battle sign
I've been bruised, been lost, but I never resigned
If you see me smile, just know what I've seen
I'm a fighter in the fire with a soul that bleeds

Scarred
Still here
Still breathing
You didn't survive that for nothing
You won't make it through just to stay silent
Let 'em see the scars
They're proof you're still here
And you still got more to give