Here to Stay

There is no guilt in pleasure now
Forgive myself for how I felt
Embrace my flaws and shed that skin
I found myself, who I am

Torched the past of my mistakes
Crossed the river of my fate
Forgetful now of what you did
I stand proud as the winds give

New life in my veins, it said
To feel the rush of blood and sin
Send it to what I’ll become
Ascend, I must, to the sun

To all the broken hearts I made
My own anger led by hate
I know my grief, I feel my shame
I’m older now, I found the way

A bandaged body I forsake
My truest self stood in the way
A dead end road, straight in the eyes
Release me now with these goodbyes

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A discotheque, this paradise
In the forest of surprise
Condemned by my own origin
Set me free, my heart to them

Dissolve myself and my regrets
These fingertips know firsthand
The struggle of identity
The path that led you to me

Forage for the best of youth
I fought my way to escape
Diamond dogs and darker days
All to say “I’m here to stay”

There I was, I didn’t know
To release with my heart flow
The “you” that I’ve been singing to
And salvage my own fortitude

Barren world I adore
Coffee at the corner store
I own my heart and nothing more
Contented now, I fly away