I used to point fingers at the mirror every night Said things to my reflection I'd never say out loud I kept my promises to everyone but me Then wondered why my love came out so loud 'Cause the way I talk to me Is the way I let them treat me And I'm done learning that lesson slowly It starts with me, before it's you and me Before the hands we hold, the wars we fight to keep I gotta make my own heart home 'Cause every love I know Starts with the one I have alone It starts with me I made my money a monster, made my bed a war Made my phone a stranger sleeping right beside me I said yes when my whole body screamed no Then blamed the world for how it found me But the way I talk to me Is the way I let them treat me And I'm done learning that lesson slowly It starts with me, before it's you and me Before the hands we hold, the wars we fight to keep I gotta make my own heart home 'Cause every love I know Starts with the one I have alone It starts with me Rest is not a reward My past is not a cage The little kid inside me Deserves a softer age And if I hold me without hurting me Maybe... maybe someone can too It starts with me, before it's you and me Before the hands we hold, the wars we fight to keep I gotta make my own heart home 'Cause every love I know Starts with the one I have alone It starts with me It starts with me Yeah... it starts with me
