Lyrics
[Verse 1]
The badge went cold in my palm
A cardboard box, a borrowed calm
The hallway knew my name yesterday
Today it watched me walk away
[Pre-Chorus]
One email erased a decade of proof
A sentence dressed up as something “smooth”
But I’m not the number they cut from the page
I’m still here, still turning the cage
[Chorus]
You won’t bring me down
I’m bent, but I’m not broken now
The floor gave way beneath my feet
I’ll build a road from every receipt
You won’t bring me down
Let the old walls crumble to the ground
I lost the job, not who I am
I’ll start again with these two hands
[Verse 2]
The rent is due, the cupboards thin
A silent phone I keep checking again
Friends say, “Give it time,” then disappear
Time has a way of sharpening fear
[Pre-Chorus]
I learned the worth of an unanswered call
The taste of pride when the savings fall
Still, every morning I lace my shoes
There’s work to find and a life to choose
[Chorus]
You won’t bring me down
I’m bent, but I’m not broken now
The floor gave way beneath my feet
I’ll build a road from every receipt
You won’t bring me down
Let the old walls crumble to the ground
I lost the job, not who I am
I’ll start again with these two hands
[Bridge]
Count the skills they never saw
Count the nights I carried more
Count the doors that stayed closed tight
Then count the one that opens tonight
[Instrumental]
[Final Chorus]
You won’t bring me down
I found my voice outside that town
The floor gave way, I learned to stand
With scarred-up hope and a steady plan
You won’t bring me down
No borrowed title owns me now
I lost the job, not who I am
I’ll start again with these two hands
[Outro]
Tomorrow’s not a promise made
It’s one more choice, one more step I take
The box is gone, the road is wide
I carry nothing I need to hide
