I Buried the Boy You Made of Me

I'm not who you knew. I made sure of it.

Verse 1 You wanted soft, you wanted small A boy who'd thank you for the fall I got real good at apologizing For weather, for breathing, for the rising But you can only sand a man down so long 'Fore he ends up sharper than he started strong The night you slammed the bedroom door Was the night I quit the floor

Pre-Chorus Put him in the ground Said a kind goodbye Took the shovel home Took back the sky

Chorus I buried the boy you made of me Dug the grave with a shaking hand A man walked out of that same hole And the man don't shake And the man don't shake

Verse 2 You'd be surprised what a quiet man knows He's been counting the words in the way it goes I've got a list of every name you called I read it back and I stand real tall I'm not bitter, I'm just bigger Carrying every old trigger You weren't the worst, you were the test And the test made all the rest

Pre-Chorus Put him in the ground Said a kind goodbye Took the shovel home Took back the sky

Chorus I buried the boy you made of me Dug the grave with a shaking hand A man walked out of that same hole And the man don't shake And the man don't shake

Bridge I'm sorry, son. I let her in too far. I'm sorry, son. I let her have the car. But I came back. I come back every day. And I bury that boy a kinder way. I buried the boy you made of me Dug the grave with a shaking hand A man walked out of that same hole And the man don't shake And the man don't shake

Outro And the man don't shake

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