(yeah)
(stitch it up)
I don’t break easy

I been carryin’ weight but it sit me right
Every loss taught me how to grip life
They see calm now, never saw the nights
Where I learned how to stand in a knife fight
I don’t flinch, I adjust the frame
I don’t drown, I learn the rain
If it hurt me once, I kept the grain
Now the pressure part of the name

I don’t let it spill, I control the flow
Every crack sealed, let it show
I don’t erase what I already know
I just refine it, stitch it close

I lace the pain, pull it tight on me
Every scar sit where it’s supposed to be
No loose ends, no apologies
I lace the pain, now it hold me steady
(I lace the pain)
(yeah, steady)

Had to learn restraint just to stay alive
Everybody want grace, I survived
I don’t flex loud, I apply pressure
Let ‘em underestimate, I measure
I don’t move fast, I move exact
Every step clean, every word intact
If it bent me once, I bent it back
Now my calm got a spine like that

I don’t rush peace, I protect it
Cut what drains me, I respect it
Every scar earned its section
I don’t hide it, I dress it

I lace the pain, pull it tight on me
Every scar sit where it’s supposed to be
No loose ends, no apologies
I lace the pain, now it hold me steady

I used to bleed tryin’ to prove I’m enough
Now I move like I already was
If it broke me down, it built me up
Now I wear it clean, yeah, I wear it tough

I lace the pain, no frayed lines
Everything hurt got a clean design
No regret stitched in my name
I don’t escape it, I lace the pain

(yeah)
Held together on purpose