Shattered Yesterday

Lyrics: Rylan Music: Rylan Ticking... ticking... Yesterday won't stop ticking
I kept your letters in a box of glass Thought if I held tight the time would pass But every word you wrote cut like shattered brass And every memory bleeds through the cracks I amass
I traced your shadow on the bedroom floor Till there was nothing left to trace anymore You said "forever" like an open door Then closed it quiet when you walked out the door
But these pieces... still cut deep And so do I So do I
I will break this shattered yesterday Even if the shards all ricochet I will burn the promises you betrayed I was never meant to fade away
Break... break... shattered yesterday Break... break... shattered yesterday
You built a cage and you called it home Told me I'd freeze if I dared to roam But I learned to breathe in the great unknown Now this hollow chest is my sacred throne
You thought the silence would make me small That I'd fade quiet against the wall But I am the echo that haunts your hall And I am learning I was never small
These pieces... they're sharp and new But so am I So am I
I will break this shattered yesterday Even if the shards all ricochet I will burn the promises you betrayed I was never meant to fade away
Break... break... shattered yesterday Break... break... shattered yesterday
I am not the girl who waited at the window I am not the ghost you left behind I collected every fracture every splinter And I built a spine from what you left to die
I BUILT A SPINE FROM WHAT YOU LEFT TO DIE
I will break this shattered yesterday Even if the shards all ricochet I will burn the promises you betrayed I was never meant to fade away
Break... break... shattered yesterday Break... break... shattered yesterday
Break... Into pieces I can hold... Into pieces I can mold... I'm not broken... I'm remade from yesterday