Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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From the upcoming album, Ashes and Maps, about the modern-day "witch hunt" Karen Read is fighting.

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[Verse 1]
I was just the wrong one,
at the wrong time, in the wrong town
I stayed quiet while the headlines
built a gallows from my frown
They said, “It’s always the girlfriend.”
Yeah, it’s always her fault
Like I picked the coldest winter
just to watch your world fall

[Pre-Chorus]
And they pass around the photos
like a torch in open flames
Editing the timeline
till it’s dripping with my name

[Chorus]
It’s me — hi —
I’m the monster you made, right?
The whispers, the trials,
the backdoor alibis
They twist, I break
But I smile when I shake
'Cause it's easier to hate
than to wonder who lied late
It's me — hi —
Just a shadow in your floodlight

[Verse 2]
I know you needed closure,
so you painted me in red
But the paint drips with your fingerprints
and words you never said
Now I haunt the hall of silence
where your loyalty once stayed
You lit the match, and watched me burn
Then turned and walked away

[Pre-Chorus]
They never ask the questions
that would bend the story’s shape
They built their case with whispers
and a badge behind a cape

[Chorus]
It’s me — hi —
I’m the monster you made, right?
Your headlines, your heroes,
your courtroom lullabies
They point, I freeze
But I laugh when they plead
'Cause you need someone to bleed
when the truth’s too dark to read
It’s me — hi —
Just a ghost you made from sunlight

[Bridge]
I dream of tables turning
I dream of mirrors breaking
I dream that justice stumbles
and all your masks are shaking
But I just sip my silence
while the story drinks me dry
If being hated makes you happy
then I’ll wear the suit and tie

[Final Chorus]
It’s me — hi —
I’m the monster you made, right?
But monsters don’t tremble
when they stand beneath bright light
So frame, accuse
Tell the world I lit the fuse
But I’ll rise when you bruise
'cause the villain’s got her truth
It’s me — hi —
But I don’t break without a fight