[Verse 1]
I was just a matchstick in a paper house
Mom and Dad lit the fuse then bailed out
Now the walls keep whispering “you’re not enough”
Every shadow’s got their voice and it’s loud as fuck
I built a basement out of all their goodbye notes
Barricaded every door with the lies they told
Still checking the locks like the fire’s coming back
Even though the ashes cooled twenty years ago
[Pre-Chorus]
Heart’s a smoke alarm that won’t stop screaming
But I can’t find the flame, I just keep dreaming
[Chorus]
I’m the burnt house kid, still hiding in the frame
Worth less than the rubble, still screaming your name
Frozen in survival, can’t step off the floor
Every time I try to run I hear that slamming door
Hey! Hey! Is anybody out there?
Or am I just the ghost who’s scared to disappear?
[Verse 2]
I wear these caution tape scars like a second skin
Smile like a boarded window, let no one in
Found a new address but I brought the ruins along
Dragging foundation cracks where the love went wrong
Therapist says “kid, the war is over now”
But my nervous system’s still ducking on the ground
I flinch at kind words like they’re incoming shells
Love feels like abandonment waiting for the bells
[Chorus]
I’m the burnt house kid, still hiding in the frame
Worth less than the rubble, still screaming your name
Frozen in survival, can’t step off the floor
Every time I try to run I hear that slamming door
Hey! Hey! Is anybody out there?
Or am I just the ghost who’s scared to disappear?
[Bridge]
What if the house was never home?
What if the kid was never wrong?
What if I torch these haunted bones
And walk out singing this stupid song?
[Final Chorus]
I’m the burnt house kid, but I’m kicking down the frame
Sifting through the rubble, finding my own name
Unfreezing from survival, boots on broken glass
Middle finger to the past, I’m done living in the ash!
Hey! Hey! I’m still fucking here!
Not a ghost, not a victim, get the fuck out of my mirror!
[Outro]
Burnt house kid… still standing…
Worth something… yeah I’m worth something…
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