Built for the Dark

Cold air, low voice, how I ride without a warning

Great clouds over rooftops, still I move like morning

Oh-oh-oh, mm-mm

I keep one hand steady on the wheel through the pressure

Old names in my phone, I don't answer the extras

Had to learn the hard way, what a promise can cost

Now I measure every favor, every win, every loss

You can see it in my face, I don't need to explain

Built the room out of silence, put a lock on the pain

Still I walk in with a calm that can never decode

Every step's light touch, let the whole room know

Don't mistake my quiet for a weakness in me

I just choose what deserves it

Piece by piece, when the walls close in, I get sharper, not scared

I've been carrying the weight like it isn't even there

I move slow, but I never lose ground

Head high when the pressure comes around

No flash, no noise, let the record show

I was built for the dark, that's the only way I know

You can call my name, I won't turn for the crowd

Kept my heart locked down, kept my vision turned loud

If the night gets deep, I'm still holding my own

Made a home from the cold, now the cold feels like home

Mmm, now the cold feels like home

I remember empty pockets bust rise in the rain

Now the same ones asking how I handled the change

I don't order my version just for their approval

Every scar on my skin gave a doubt it's removal

You were there when the ceiling felt too low to breathe

So I save you a seat whenever I leave

No diamonds in the talk, just the truth and the tone

I can stand in the crowd and still stand alone

Don't mistake my quiet for weakness in me

I just choose what deserves a piece of my peace

When the walls close in, I get sharper, not scared

I've been carrying the weight like it isn't even there

I move slow, but I never lose ground

Head high when the pressure comes around

No flash, no noise, let the record show

I was built for the dark, that's the only way I know

You can call my name, I won't turn for the crowd

Kept my heart locked down, kept my vision turned loud

If the night gets deep, I'm still holding my own

Made a home from the cold, now the cold feels like home

Let them talk from a distance, let them guess what I hide

I got peace in the places where the old fears reside

No return to the person who was begging to fit

I am done asking permission, I was born for this

I move slow, but I never lose ground

Head high when the pressure comes around, no flash, no noise

Let the record show, I was built for the dark

That's the only way I know

You can call my name, I won't turn for the crowd

Kept my heart locked down, kept my vision turned loud

If the night gets deep, I'm still holding my own

Made a home from the cold

Now the cold feels like home

Ooh, yeah, low voice

Disappearing through the haze

Still calm, still

Moving, still setting my own pace