[Verse 1] I know I don't look twenty anymore, I stopped pretending somewhere along the way. Time has left its fingerprints upon me, And I don't hide what they have to say. There are lines around my eyes from laughter, There are shadows from the nights I cried. There are places where the years have softened me, And places where they carved me from inside. I've worn my heart like an open window, Let the weather find its way inside. I've loved enough to know what leaving costs, And I've lived through every goodbye. [Pre-Chorus] So don't look at me and see a number. Don't look at me and see what's gone. Look at the woman standing before you, And tell me you can see what's still burning on. [Chorus] I look like a mature woman With life lines across my soul. Every wrinkle has a memory, Every scar has made me whole. I have loved, and I have broken. I have fallen, I have grown. I don't need to be somebody's shadow Just to keep from being alone. I'm not the woman who came before me. I'm not the ghost inside your eyes. If you're going to love this woman, Then love the truth, not a disguise. [Verse 2] Sometimes I hear it in the silence, Something you don't have to say. A comparison hiding underneath the words, A picture that won't quite fade away. And suddenly I'm standing in my own skin Wondering what I need to change. Should I be softer here? A little younger there? Should I rearrange my face? Should I become the woman Who lives somewhere inside your vision? Would you finally want me more If I looked a little less like me? [Pre-Chorus] And God, I hate that I can wonder If I'm enough beneath your hands. Because I've spent a lifetime learning That I don't have to beg to be seen. Chorus I look like a mature woman With life lines across my soul. Every wrinkle has a memory, Every scar has made me whole. I have loved, and I have broken. I have fallen, I have grown. I don't need to be somebody's shadow Just to keep from being alone. I'm not the woman who came before me. I'm not a photograph in your mind. And I won't spend the rest of my life Trying to become somebody I can't be. [Bridge] I don't want to be your obligation. I don't want to be the safe choice. I don't want your hands upon my body While your heart is somewhere else. I want the way you look at me When you don't know I'm watching. I want to feel wanted without asking. I want desire that doesn't need explaining. I want you to know these lines Before your fingers ever touch them. I want you to understand That this body carries a history. A history you didn't write. And you don't get to erase it. [Quiet Break] So here I am. Not twenty. Not flawless. Not untouched. Alive. Still sensual. Still hungry for love. Still capable of being someone's deepest desire. And I will not apologize for that. [Final Chorus] I look like a mature woman With life lines across my soul. Every year has left a mark, But every mark has made me whole. I am not the woman before me. I am not the woman in your visions. I am the woman standing here, And I deserve to be seen together. Don't love the possibility of me. Don't love me if you need me changed. Don't hold me while imagining That somebody else is in my place. Look into these eyes. See every year. See every scar. See every beautiful thing I almost forgot was there. [Final Outro] I look like a mature woman With life lines across my soul. And if you cannot love the story... Then you don't deserve the woman it made.
