Drive The Car

I know my true colours, I think I know yours I’ve seen where they cut you, the marks and the claws I’ve seen what you learned when the doors stayed closed What you had to become when you had no control You showed me a glimpse of the lives they lived I heard all your fear in the words you hid I met those demons, I know their names I carry the same ones, wrapped up in shame I blamed the world just to stay intact Called it survival, called it fact But the dark didn’t come from inside my skin It came from what happened and stayed locked in I thought I trapped them, sealed them tight But they learned my body, learned how to fight Not cages of steel, not walls of stone Just flesh and bone I called my own They scream at night, they scratch, they bite Not to destroy me, to keep me alive Trying to run back to what they knew The only ways we ever made it through Don’t call them evil, don’t call them wrong They learned protection when the world went cold Pain taught vision, fear taught speed They felt for me when I couldn’t feel me They stood guard when no one came Took the hits so I could remain They weren’t chosen, they were assigned Born from moments that fractured time They didn’t choose the prisons they knew They adapted fast because they had to What you call weakness was intelligence What you call damage was defense So now it’s time to return the favour Harvest the truth from their behaviour Show the world what we misunderstood That demons aren’t bad, they did what they could They don’t define me, they lit the spark They gave me fuel when it was dark They carried me when I couldn’t go far But now I’m here They helped me start But I drive the car Thank you for keeping me alive You can rest now I’ve got it