Verse 1 Quiet room, midnight breathing I’m sitting on the floor, trying not to fall apart I love her more than I love anything But sometimes loving her means losing pieces of my heart I whisper dreams under my own breath Ones I never say out loud I’m scared they make me selfish Scared they make me too proud Pre‑Chorus But there’s a fire underneath the guilt A spark I can’t ignore I’m torn between the woman I am And the one she thinks I’m for Chorus I’m allowed to want it all Even when I’m holding her I’m allowed to rise and fall And still be the mother she deserves I can carry her and carry me I don’t have to choose between the two I’m allowed to want it all And someday I’ll have it too Verse 2 Some nights I feel the distance Between the life I live and the one I dream I tuck her in and wonder If becoming me means breaking something in between But she needs more than sacrifice She needs a mother who can shine If I disappear inside her world What lesson would she find? Pre‑Chorus So I’m learning how to breathe again Learning how to stay A whole woman standing in the light Not fading all the way Chorus I’m allowed to want it all Even when I’m holding her I’m allowed to rise and fall And still be the mother she deserves I can carry her and carry me I don’t have to choose between the two I’m allowed to want it all And someday I’ll have it too Bridge One day she’ll look at me And see strength instead of fear She’ll know her mother fought for joy And kept her close through every year I’ll show her how a woman grows Without giving up her soul I’ll show her how to love her life And still keep her heart whole Final Chorus I’m allowed to want it all And I’m learning how to try I’m allowed to rise and fall And still be the reason she can fly I can carry her and carry me And she’ll see it all in what I do I’m allowed to want it all And I’m allowed to have it too
