A scab that I have torn   I've torn to feel reborn   But I'm not here to break down      And every single stone   Been shoved inside my bones   But I'm not here to break down      The blade goes deep and must cut it before it heals me   Must cut before it   Bleed before it heals   The slaves and beasts that nobody wants to be   Well I said it's time   I said it's time to free you      And every breath in me   I count another victory   I know that I'm my author of survival   Forgiveness is the force   More powerful than any war   The hate dies as the women scream revival      And all the stale fear   That wouldn't disappear from my mind   I must let it drain out   And walking on this glass   The pieces crushed too fast for me   But I will not be cut out      Silence squeezes denial til it's bleeding   But I'm talking now   I'm saying this out loud   The apples and the leaves that are blooming on my trees   Well I never thought   I never thought they'd grow again      And every breath in me   I count another victory   I know that I'm my author of survival   Forgiveness is the force   More powerful than any war   The hate dies as the women scream revival   Revival   Revival      Every breath   I count as nothing left   I know that I'm the author of survival      Forgiveness is the force   More powerful than any war   The hate dies now   The hate dies now   The hate dies now   The hate dies now   The hate dies as the world needs a revival