[Verse 1] 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 [Pre-Chorus] 'Cause the way I talk to me Is the way I let them treat me And I'm done learning that lesson slowly [Chorus] 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 [Verse 2] 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 [Pre-Chorus] But the way I talk to me Is the way I let them treat me And I'm done learning that lesson slowly [Chorus] 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 [Bridge — stripped back, just piano and voice] 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 [Final Chorus — full band, lifted] 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 [Outro — fading, soft] It starts with me It starts with me Yeah... it starts with me
