[Verse 1] I count each look like it might make me whole I learn your favorite words and wear them well I turn a passing kindness into proof Then panic when the warmth begins to melt [Pre-Chorus] Tell me I matter, tell me again I keep collecting yeses like a medicine [Chorus] Love me, love me, make the silence stop I keep reaching for a hand that won’t stay locked Say I’m wanted, say I’m worth the ache I bend myself in half for one more taste [Verse 2] I tell the joke before the quiet lands I shape my answer to the face you make If you look away, I start rehearsing All the ways I could be easier to take [Bridge] But your eyes can’t certify my name Your arms can’t heal what I won’t let me claim I’m more than every yes I chase More than the hunger I mistake for fate [Final Chorus] Love me, love me—I can hear the plea But I am not a vote for who I get to be Say I’m wanted; I’ll still choose my place I’m learning how to stay inside my own embrace
