Self judgemental.

Описание: Self judgemental.

[Verse 1]
Within the avenues of silence,
I heard a whisper under breath,
A trembling kind of honesty,
That felt like facing death.
It said, “Be steady in your passion,
Be righteous, sharp, defined,”
But I was drowning in the proving,
And left my heart behind.

[Chorus]
Why do I judge myself condemned,
To this hollow path I’ve planned,
Is there solace in these footsteps,
Etched in unforgiving sand.
Can I forgive the fractured being,
I still don’t understand,
Or am I just a broken meaning
With no mercy in my hands.

[Post-Chorus]
Let the gavel strike in thunder,
Let the verdict brand my name,
I can’t rise without surrender,
I can’t outrun this shame.

[Verse 2]
I wrote a letter to the child,
Who still trembles in my chest,
I told him, “Lay your armor down-
And put the doubt inside to rest.”
But he still cries for validation,
In a language made of fear,
He learned to call his wounds “ambition,”
Just to keep the hurt unclear.

He doesn’t see that all his battles,
Were wars he fought alone,
Building cages out of standards,
He mistook for being grown.

[Chorus]
So I declared myself condemned,
To this empty path and plan,
Barefoot seeking some forgiveness,
From the ghost of who I am.
Can I forgive this inner being,
I still don’t understand,
Or am I just a restless question,
With no mercy in my hands.

[Post-Chorus]
Let the prison be my torment,
Let the keys fall where they may,
How can I rise without revealing,
The pain I locked away.

[Bridge]
What if the judge was only frightened,
What if the sentence was a plea,
What if the rage I’ve held so tightly,
Was love misread by me.

What if the child I tried to silence,
Was only asking to be seen,
Not weak, not flawed beyond redemption,
Just human in between.

If I lay the hammer down now,
If I choose a kinder hand,
Could mercy be the revolution,
I was too proud to understand.

[Final Chorus]
I will not judge myself condemned,
To the ruins of that plan,
There is solace in these footsteps,
When I walk them as I am.
I can forgive the fractured being,
I am learning to understand,
I am more than broken meaning,
I am mercy in my hands.

[Final Post-Chorus / Outro]
Let the gavel fall to silence,
Let the prison fade from view,
I don’t rise by self-destruction,
I rise by loving through.

The child and judge together,
Stand unarmored in the end,
Not condemned, not erased,
Just learning how to mend.