never about you

[Intro Hook] You make beautiful look easy I make it look like work [Verse 1] You walk through rooms like Sunday light Soft laughter, every head turns The whole world bends toward you Like flowers aching for the sun And I sit quiet in the corner Doing math nobody taught Counting every way you're golden And every way that I am not [Pre-Chorus] You tell me I am lovely Like a prayer you don't believe And I nod like I can take it While my chest caves quietly [Chorus] It was never about you It's the mirror, it's the math I do Every single night at two Counting all the ways I don't add up to you You didn't ask to be my measuring stick But I built a cage out of it And I'm still locked inside it too It was never about you [Verse 2] You post a photo, unfiltered, free And the whole world falls to its knees I screenshot it just to compare Every angle, every strand of hair I tell myself it's just a phase But I've been saying that for days And I wonder if you've ever cried Over something beautiful outside [Pre-Chorus] I know you never meant this I know your hands are clean But comparison is poison And I drink it when you speak [Chorus] It was never about you It's the mirror, it's the math I do Every single night at two Counting all the ways I don't add up to you You didn't ask to be my measuring stick But I built a cage out of it And I'm still locked inside it too It was never about you [Bridge] Maybe I'm the villain in this story Turning your light into something that burns If you saw yourself through my eyes Would you finally understand That I'd trade every inch of me Just to stand where you stand [Final Chorus] It was never about you It's the mirror, it's the math I do Every single night at two Counting all the ways I don't add up to you You didn't ask to be my measuring stick But I built a cage out of it And the door was never locked, that's the truth It was never about you [Outro] It was never about you It was never about you I'm learning how to look at me Without looking at you