Unbroken

Lyrics

**THE NIGHTMARE YOU MADE** [Intro] [Whispered] You wanted something broken. Something small enough to bury. Something quiet enough to own. But every wound you gave me learned your name. And now… you get to meet what survived. [Verse 1] You pressed your hands against my throat with every word you threw, built your throne upon my bones and swore I'd never move. You laughed behind the closing doors, you fed upon my doubt, but something underneath my skin was clawing its way out. I counted every scar you left, every night I couldn't breathe. You thought that I was disappearing— I was becoming something you should fear to see. [Pre-Chorus] You should have killed the fire when it was only just a spark. You should have feared the silence. Because monsters grow in the dark. [Chorus] **YOU WILL NOT BREAK ME.** I am the teeth behind the grin, the thunder crawling underneath my skin. You wanted prey— **NOW FACE THE BEAST.** I am the nightmare underneath your sleep. No mercy left. No white flag raised. No quarter given to the hands that made me this way. You wanted to see what happens when a broken man wakes. **LOOK AT ME.** I am the nightmare you were afraid you'd make. [Verse 2] I learned to breathe beneath the weight, learned how to smile through blood and rain. You kept me kneeling long enough that I memorized the shape of pain. Every insult became armor. Every betrayal forged a blade. Every time you said, *"You'll never rise,"* another part of me changed. Now I hear your voices shaking where they used to spit my name. Funny how the hunters tremble when the wounded thing stops running away. [Pre-Chorus] You mistook restraint for weakness. You mistook kindness for defeat. Now the shadow you created is standing on its feet. [Chorus] **YOU WILL NOT BREAK ME.** I am the teeth behind the grin, the thunder crawling underneath my skin. You wanted prey— **NOW FACE THE BEAST.** I am the nightmare underneath your sleep. No mercy left. No white flag raised. No quarter given to the hands that made me this way. You wanted to see what happens when a broken man wakes. **LOOK AT ME.** I am the nightmare you were afraid you'd make. [Breakdown] Push me. Push me again. Tell me I'm nothing. Tell me I can't win. Dig the grave deeper. Carve my name in stone. Then watch that dirt begin to move when I crawl back home. **I REMEMBER EVERYTHING.** Every laugh. Every lie. Every door slammed in my face while you watched me die inside. But I didn't die. **I EVOLVED.** And now your kingdom hears my steps. One. By. One. [Heavy Breakdown] **NO QUARTER.** For every chain you wrapped around me. **NO QUARTER.** For every time you tried to drown me. **NO QUARTER.** You made the cage. I learned the bars. You made the monster— **NOW YOU GET THE SCARS.** You wanted fear? **THEN LOOK INTO MY EYES.** You wanted darkness? **WATCH IT COME ALIVE.** [Bridge – Slow / Haunting] And suddenly… you don't look so tall. Your voices aren't so loud. The hands that pushed me downward are trembling now. I can hear you whisper, *"Enough…"* I can hear you choking out, *"Please…"* Isn't it strange how mercy becomes sacred when you're the one begging at its feet? [Final Chorus] **YOU DID NOT BREAK ME.** You only taught me how to bite. You buried me beneath your hate— I learned to breathe without the light. You wanted prey— **YOU MADE A BEAST.** You built the nightmare haunting every dream. No quarter left. No fear remains. I carry every wound like fire burning through my veins. You wanted to know what happens when the hunted turns around. **HERE I AM.** And now you're the ones afraid of the sound. [Outro] [Building] [Whisper to Scream] *"Please…"* That's what you say now. *"Stop…"* That's what you beg now. Funny. I begged you once too. You never listened. So remember this feeling. Remember my face. Remember the moment your cruelty finally learned what fear tastes like. You tried to create something weak. Instead— **YOU CREATED ME.** And when you close your eyes tonight… pray. Because the nightmare isn't coming. **IT'S ALREADY HERE.**