Love Armor

I don't need saving
I am the shield
I gave my trust like a loaded gun
Watched it fire at me, one by one

Every promise cracked like glass in my veins
Now I'm done playing inside your games
Built my heart just to watch it break
Fed my soul just for you to take

Every lie left a mark I can't erase
Now I'm done putting love in your hands to waste
No more bleeding for a feeling that's fake
No more bending every piece till I break

I've been chasing what was never for me
Now I see
I wear my love like armor armor
No blade gets through, no scar gets darker

Built from pain, now I'm harder
I don't need you, I go farther
Heart locked down, no surrender
Self-made fire, I remember

I was lost but now I conquer
I wear my love like armor
Every forever turned into a lie
Every I'm different was just a disguise

Same story written in a different face
Same ending, just a different place
I don't chase what's designed to leave
I don't beg for what won't believe

Every lesson carved into who I am
Now I rise, I don't give a damn
Cut the weight, let the dead fall off
No more drowning in the love I lost

I was blind but I finally see
I'm all I need
I wear my love like armor armor
No blade gets through, no scar gets darker

Built from pain, now I'm harder
I don't need you, I go farther
Heart locked down, no surrender
Self-made fire, I remember

I was lost but now I conquer
I wear my love like armor
Tried to kill me with your silence
Turned my peace into your violence

Now I build what you destroyed
Every scar I now deploy
I am the wall you can't break down
I am the king without a crown

No more chains, no more disguise
I found myself, I cut the ties
I don't need your validation
I survived my own destruction

Every wound became creation
I rebuilt from my corruption
I wear my love like armor armor
No blade gets through, no scar gets darker

Built from pain, now I'm harder
I don't need you, I go farther
Heart locked down, no surrender
Self-made fire, I remember

I was lost but now I conquer
I wear my love like armor
No more searching
No more scars

I became
My own heart