Velvet Voice Blues - Build From The Breaking

Small town, quiet streets
A suitcase by the door
Mama says, "Just stay
You don't need anything more
But the dreams in my chest
Are too loud for these walls
So, I'm leaving before sunrise ignoring
All the calls
I was built from the breaking
I was made out of the fall
Every crack is a window
Every scar tells it all
They can count me out sleeping but
I'm waking up strong
Built from the breaking and
I'm singing songs
Midnight bus to the city
Neon burning my eyes
Nobody knows my name here
And nobody says goodbye
$20 and a guitar
A promise to myself that
I won't crawl back home
With my dreams
On the shelf
I was built from the breaking
I was made out of the fear
Ah, ah
Every on this pavement
Tells me
I belong here
They can count me out sleeping but
I'm waking up strong
Built from the breaking and
I'm singing this song
Rejection letters stacking like the rent
I can't pay
Sleeping in my car rehearsing what
I'll say
Every door that
I knock on just
Stays closed in my face
But I'm
Learning that falling is a part of the race
I was built from the break
I was
Made out of the cold
Every no that
They gave me turned my heart into gold
They can count me out sleeping but
I'm waking up strong
Built from the breaking, and
I'm
Singing this song
My best friend sold
My song, and he smiled while he did
Trust is a glass house, and
I'm
The one who lit
Staring at the mirror
Who's this stranger
I see?
Tired eyes
Empty pockets, but he's still looking at me
I was built from the break
I was made out of the lies
Every cut that they gave me taught
Me how to survive
They can
Count me out sleeping, but
I'm waking up strong
Built from the breaking and
I'm singing this song
Rainy night below us
And music
I was ready to quit
Then my phone started shaking, and his
Mama on it
"Come back home.
You owe nothing.
There's no shame in a
Rest, but baby, you were born
For more than leaving it unfinished"
I was built from the break
I was made out
Of the rain
Every tear on my guitar is a
Reason to stay
They can count me out sleeping, but
I'm
Waking up strong
Built from the
Breaking, and
I'm singing this song
Morning came
Like a miracle
I stood up off the
Floor, played a tiny coffee
Shop, just a dozen, nothing more
But a girl in the corner sang the words
Back to me, and
I knew in that moment that
I'm finally free
I was built from
The breaking, I was made out of
The flame
Every voice in the choir is a
Reason to stay
They can count me out sleeping, but
I'm
Waking up strong
Built from the breaking, and
I'm singing
This song
Now the lights are
And music
So bright, and the
Crowd knows my name
Thousands sing
Every line, and it's never the same but
I carry that bus ride, the car
In the cold
Cuz the ones who forget it
All the ones who fold
I was built from
The breaking, I was made out of
The years
Every stage, every standing
On this water with tears
They can count
Me out sleeping, but
I'm waking
Up strong
Built from the breaking, and
I'm singing this song
Back in my small town
Same quiet streets today
Mama's at the
Doorway and music
With the tears on her face
I say, "Look
What we built from the nights we survived"
And to every lost dreamer
It's your turn to rise
You were built from the breaking
You were made out of the pain
Every crack is a window
And singing
Let the light in again
They can count me out sleeping but
I'm waking up strong
Built from the breaking and
I'll sing in this song