# Before I Knew Me These days I catch myself laughing Saying what I really mean Never thinking twice about it Never wondering what they think of me But I remember that younger girl Who'd let her own voice fade away She'd smile and say that everything was fine When there was so much left to say Then you came into my life And something slowly changed You never asked me to be different You just loved me as I was [Chorus] You knew me before I knew me You saw the woman I could be When I couldn't see the good in me You saw the strength behind my fear You didn't save me, you believed in me Until I could believe in myself And little by little, I began to see The strength that was already part of me You knew me before I knew me And I thank my Saviour for bringing you to me For four years I talked to Heaven Wondering when love would come I didn't know what I was waiting for Or what my answer would become I prayed for someone who could see me And believe in what they'd find But God was writing something greater Than I could have imagined at the time And when you came into my story I didn't have to disappear You gave me space to speak my mind And made it safe to be sincere [Chorus] You knew me before I knew me You saw the woman I could be When I couldn't see the good in me You saw the strength behind my fear You didn't save me, you believed in me Until I could believe in myself And little by little, I began to see The strength that was already part of me You knew me before I knew me And I thank my Saviour for bringing you to me [Bridge] Maybe the miracle wasn't finding love Maybe it was finding me The woman underneath the silence The one I was too afraid to be Now I don't apologize for speaking I don't shrink to fit the room I can look myself straight in the eyes And know I have nothing left to prove [Final Chorus] You knew me before I knew me You saw the woman I could be You believed in something I couldn't see Until I could believe in myself You didn't save me, you believed in me You gave my heart the space to grow And now I look at who I've become And finally see what you saw all along You knew me before I knew me And I thank my Saviour every day For the love He placed into my life And the courage to be myself You knew me before I knew me God knew I'd need you And after all these years I'm still becoming who He knew I'd be
