Ooh... I learned to smile with the cut still fresh Hide the shake in my hands Keep my name in a locked-up room Where nobody understands I wore my pain like a second coat Too heavy to throw away And every map that I let you hold Led you the other way Don't reach for the broken parts I know how to stay right here I'm not asking you to save me I'm asking you to hear See me as I am Not just the damage See me as I am I'm still standing I don't need rescue I'll live the truth See me as I am And I'll see you too There are bruises that don't fade fast There are words I still can taste I kept the worst of it out of you Still living in my face I got scars like honest lines A hard-won kind of grace If you look for the whole of me You'll find a living place Don't pull me out of the fire I've already learned the heat Stay right here at the edge of me And tell me what you see See me as I am Not just the damage See me as I am I'm still standing I don't need rescue I'll live the truth See me as I am And I'll see you too Oh... If I fall and be fall awake If I tremble let it show I have carried my own dark miles I don't need you to make me whole Just say the names of my wounds Say them plain, say them clear That's how I know I'm not invisible That's how I know you're here See me as I am Not just the damage See me as I am I'm still standing I don't need rescue I'll live the truth See me as I am And I'll see you too See me as I am Know what you imagine See me as I am I'm still learning I was never lost Just not yet through See me as I am And I'll see you too
