Exit Wounds

Everybody leaves something. Some leave damage.

I don't collect old friends, I collect the aftermath,

Got a guest list full of ghosts and a doormat full of masks.

They came through like a storm, left the weather in my head,

Now I charge 'em for the space that they were renting in my chest.

Had a circle full of squares, couldn't make the angles work,

They was digging for my treasure while I was digging out the dirt.

Everybody wants a cut, nobody wants to hold the blade,

Funny how they love the harvest but they never touched a spade.

You ain't leave a lasting impression. You left a repair bill.

I got bridges in my rearview, didn't burn 'em, watched 'em rot,

Some connections turn to handcuffs when you swear they're all you got.

EXIT WOUNDS! They come and go, I keep the proof,

Left a fingerprint on everything they swore was bulletproof.

EXIT WOUNDS! No tears, no funeral parade,

I ain't missing who you were, I'm missing who you claimed.

Everybody leaves something. I just learned what not to save.

I seen loyalty on clearance, watched 'em bargain with the price,

Folks'll sell a whole damn friendship for a temporary high.

Got apologies on layaway, excuses paid in full,

They want credit for the good while all the damage gets annulled.

My trust was an open bar, now the bottles got a lock,

They can knock until their knuckles put a timestamp on the clock.

Minnesota made the frost, all these people made the freeze,

I'm the landlord of my peace, you ain't getting back the keys.

I used to call it losing people. Now I call it losing weight.

Had to trim the deadwood off before it crushed me with its shade.

I'm not bitter, I'm a chemist turning poison into drive,

Made a battery from betrayal, now the whole damn circuit's live.

They can write me in their story as the villain of the year,

I won't fight for an audition in a room I don't belong in.

EXIT WOUNDS! They come and go, I keep the proof,

Left a fingerprint on everything they swore was bulletproof.

EXIT WOUNDS! No tears, no funeral parade,

I ain't missing who you were, I'm missing who you claimed.

You left a mark. I made it part of the blueprint.