A special song from Alice Walker. Lyrics and title by Alice Walker, Music score by Raymond Brogan
Alice wishes everyone a blessed life. She and Raymond have made this song free to download.
Release Date: 05/28/2025
©2025 Raymond Brogan, Adrenaline Production
[Verse 1]
You want the truth?
Here it is—
He hit me.
He smiled when I bled.
He kissed me with fists.
And the world called it love.
[Verse 2]
They said I was lucky,
To be chosen, to be seen.
But no one saw the bruises
Underneath the queen.
[Chorus ]
This ends with me.
No more silence, no more shame.
This ends with me.
I won’t carry his name.
I am not your fairytale,
I am not your tragedy—
I am the fire, I am the scream—
This ends with me.
[Verse 3 ]
I buried the girl who begged.
I burned the dress they gave me.
I broke the mirror that lied.
And I built a sword from the shards.
[Bridge ]
You don’t get to rewrite this.
You don’t get to mourn him.
You don’t get to call me monster
For surviving what you ignored.
[Final Chorus ]
This ends with me.
No more silence, no more shame.
This ends with me.
I won’t carry his name.
I am not your fairytale,
I am not your tragedy—
I am the fire, I am the scream—
This ends with me.
[Outro]
You have the power now to end that cycle of violence,
Now use it knowing,
You are still not alone.