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Lyrics

Intro I’ve been walking with these shadows on my back Every step is like a replay of the tracks But I’m done letting old ghosts hold me fast Tonight I’m finally leaving all the past Verse 1 I grew up where the streetlights flicker, never bright enough to see the way Mama working two jobs tired, saying keep your head up, better days I was scribbling on the pages, every line a quiet scream inside Friends falling to the system, steel bars, chalk lines, long goodbyes Teacher said I had a future, but the future felt a world away How you s’posed to dream big when the rent due every other day So I carried all the anger in my chest like a loaded gun Pointed at myself in the mirror when the night was done But I learned that the hurt don’t define me, just the road I crossed Every scar is just a story, not a reason to stay lost Now I’m looking at the broken pieces scattered on the floor Building something out of everything I swore I’d ignore Verse 2 I remember every promise that I made and then I couldn’t keep Every time I let my people down and watched their trust just slowly bleed Had to face the fact that I was scared to fail so I never tried Rather blame the world around me than to see the fear behind my eyes I was living in a cycle, same lies on a different day Thought that running from my problems was a kind of getting brave But the past is like a chain if you don’t learn to cut it clean It’ll drag you through the dirt until you’re drowning in the things you’ve seen Now I’m owning all my choices, even ones that damn near broke my soul Turned the weight into a weapon that I’m aiming at my goals All the nights I couldn’t sleep, now they fuel the fire in my chest I’m not perfect, but I’m moving, and that’s closer to my best Hook I’m leaving the past in the rearview, fading like lights on the highway Every mistake was a teacher, now I’m taking the long way I won’t let my yesterday chain me to who I was before I’m walking out the door, I’m not going back no more I’m leaving the past like an old song stuck on repeat in my head Turning it down, let the silence heal every word I never said If the future is a sunrise breaking through the storm I knew Then every step I take is one more step away from you Chords section (instrumental over hook chords) [Instrumental break – let the chords breathe, maybe a vocal ad-lib: “I’m leaving, I’m leaving…”] Verse 3 I’ve been learning how to love myself without the need to prove my worth Not defined by every rumor or the whispers floating through the earth People try to hold a version of me frozen in their minds But I’m not that kid no more, I left him somewhere far behind Had to cut a couple ties just to give my heart a little space Not every hand that reaches for you really wants to see you safe Some would rather see you stuck so they don’t face their own reflection So I blessed them from a distance, turned the pain into direction Now I’m focused on the present, writing chapters with a clearer pen Apologized to who I hurt and made amends where I can mend Even if they don’t forgive me, I forgive myself at last Because healing doesn’t mean I gotta walk back through the past Hook I’m leaving the past in the rearview, fading like lights on the highway Every mistake was a teacher, now I’m taking the long way I won’t let my yesterday chain me to who I was before I’m walking out the door, I’m not going back no more I’m leaving the past like an old song stuck on repeat in my head Turning it down, let the silence heal every word I never said If the future is a sunrise breaking through the storm I knew Then every step I take is one more step away from you Chords section (instrumental) [Instrumental break – small melodic twist on the hook chords, maybe humming the hook melody.] Verse 4 / Outro verse If tomorrow never comes, I want them all to say I tried That I fought against the darkness, even when it lived inside That I took the pain and shaped it into something they could feel That I never turned my back on what was true and what was real So I’m walking out the doorway with my head high, eyes ahead Leaving ghosts inside the hallway, let them haunt themselves instead Every loss became a compass, every tear became a map I’m not running from the past now, I’m just never going back Outro So goodbye to the versions of me buried in the dust To the fears that kept me quiet, to the lies I used to trust I step forward into daylight with my shadow fading fast I’m not the person that I was, I’m finally leaving all the past [Angeling singing] [Electric guitar]