Built Me a Beast

(Intro)

I kept my hands open…
So you could climb.
You called it weakness
Now watch what you designed.

(Verse 1)

I was the ladder in your storm, the light when you were low,
Held your name up in the dark where you refused to go.
I took the jokes, I bit my tongue, I carried all your weight,
While grown-up children played their games and smiled behind the hate.

You mistook my calm for fear, mistook my mercy for a chain,
But every time you crossed that line, you taught my spine your name.
I used to build you up for free yeah, I remember that,
Now I’m done being your excuse, done being your welcome mat.

(Pre-Chorus)

Say it again, act like I’m small,
Like I won’t rise when you want me to fall.
You pushed too far, you pulled the thread
Now you’ll see the man you should’ve left.

(Chorus)

I’m not the man you used to know,
I’m what you made when you let me go.
You wanted quiet, you wanted weak
Now hear the truth when I speak:
I don’t back down, I don’t break,
I don’t bleed for your mistakes.
Stand in my way, feel that heat
’Cause I remember my own teeth.

(Verse 2)

I wore respect like armor plate, you wore a mask of laughs,
A room of adults throwing fits, still living out their drafts.
You only love what you can use, you only clap when I’m on knees,
But I’m not built to beg for scraps I’m built to bring you peace.

I gave you patience, gave you time, you spent it like a thief,
Now you look shocked I found a voice underneath the grief.
I lived to lift the broken up no matter who they were,
But you called it soft… so now you get the cure.

(Pre-Chorus)

Look at me now no apology,
No more smile to hide the teeth.
You tried to tame a wildfire…
Now watch it learn to breathe.

(Chorus)

I’m not the man you used to know,
I’m what you made when you let me go.
You wanted quiet, you wanted weak
Now hear the truth when I speak
I don’t back down, I don’t break,
I don’t bleed for your mistakes.
Stand in my way, feel that heat
’Cause I remember my own teeth.

(Bridge)

I kept the peace while you kept score,
Held the door, you wanted more.
Fed your fire, burned my hands
Now I’m done being understand.
You’ll get the version that you earned,
Not the saint that you burned.

(Breakdown)

You called me soft I called it control
You crossed that line now pay the toll
One step closer, keep running your mouth,
I’m done being nice to the fake grown crowd.

(Final Chorus)

I’m not the man you used to know,
I’m what you made when you let me go.
You wanted quiet, you wanted weak
Now hear the truth when I speak
I don’t back down, I don’t break,
I don’t bleed for your mistakes.
Stand in my way, feel that heat
’Cause I remember my own teeth.

(Outro)

Built me a beast… built me a beast…
Should’ve let me be.