You Taught Me Bad lyrics

I was empty like a temple without a name Asking questions, afraid of the flame You said darkness is where wisdom grows That the truth wears masks no one knows You taught me bad You taught me bad so I could see The cost of losing parts of me If light is earned by walking through black Then maybe that's the gift you gave me back I didn't learn love, I didn't learn glad But I learned the shape of truth Through bad You said desire is a wheel that turns That every touch is something burned That saints and sinners drink the same Just call it God, just call it shame You taught me bad like a holy test A wilderness inside my chest You taught me bad so I'd awake To what is real and what is fake If truth is born when idols fall Then maybe you were never wrong at all I didn't learn love, I didn't learn glad But I learned the weight of meaning Through bad Now I sit with silence, not afraid Let questions breathe, let certainty fade I thank the doubt that broke my skin For teaching me where faith begin You taught me bad, but not in vain It drew the map inside the pain You taught me bad, and now I see What I am and what I'm not meant to be If grace is found when myths collapse When the seeker drops the map I didn't learn peace, I didn't learn glad But I learned how to return From bad No blame remains, no debt to pay Even the night shows the way