Please check out my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Steph_Marie_Music 🫶🫶🫶 [Verse 1] You see me walk in smiling You probably think I'm doing alright And most days, I am. But there were nights I sat in my car because I didn't want anybody to see me cry. I got pretty good at saying, “I'm fine.” Even when I wasn't. Even when I didn't know how I was going to get through the next day. There were things I carried I never talked about. Not because I didn't want to— I just didn't know how. [Pre-Chorus] So when you look at me now and tell me I'm strong... I appreciate it. I really do. But strength wasn't something I woke up with. It was something life taught me. [Chorus] You see me standing. You don't know what it took. You see the smile. You weren't there when I couldn't find one. You think I'm strong because you see me now. But you didn't see me when I was trying to hold myself together. You don't know the nights. You don't know the tears. You don't know how many times I almost gave up on myself. You see who I am now... You don't know what it took to get here. [Verse 2] I spent a lot of years trying to keep everybody else okay. I'd say yes when I wanted to say no. I'd stay when I should've left. I'd forgive things I wasn't ready to forgive. And somewhere along the way I forgot to ask myself what I needed. That took me a long time to admit. Because sometimes the hardest person to be honest with is yourself. [Pre-Chorus] I didn't wake up one morning and suddenly have it all figured out. I just got tired of losing myself trying to keep everything else together. So I started choosing me. Little by little. [Chorus] You see me standing. You don't know what it took. You see the smile. You weren't there when I couldn't find one. You think I'm strong because you see me now. But you didn't see me when I was trying to hold myself together. You don't know the nights. You don't know the tears. You don't know how many times I almost gave up on myself. You see who I am now... You don't know what it took to get here. [Bridge] And I'm not telling you this so you'll feel sorry for me. I don't need that. I'm just telling you because sometimes people look at you and think you've always been this person. I haven't. I had to become her. And honestly... I'm proud of her. [Final Chorus] You see me standing. Now maybe you understand. This didn't happen overnight. There were days I didn't think I'd ever feel like myself again. But here I am. Still laughing. Still loving. Still making plans. Still me. Just not the same me who used to think she had to carry everything alone. You see me now. But you don't know what it took. And maybe you never will. That's okay [Soft, fading]
