[Verse 1] She spent the afternoon with crayons on the floor Colouring in the edges, wanting to give you more She carried it so carefully, held it out to you You glanced up for a moment — that's lovely dear — and turned back to what you do Her brother's building something, and you're kneeling by his side She folds her drawing quietly and sets it down to hide She doesn't make a fuss about it, doesn't make a sound Just learns a little quieter how to not be found [Verse 2] She's standing by her mother in the corner of a shop She reaches for the one she wants and then she seems to stop As if she's asking permission just to want a thing The lady at the counter smiles — good choice, I like that — and something starts to sing No grand gesture, nothing more than thirty seconds long Just spoken to directly, like she's known it all along That she gets to have a preference, that her choosing matters here Such a small and simple kindness — but it lands so clear [Chorus] But I see you I see the care you put in every line I see you You don't have to make yourself smaller to shine I see you The way you held your breath and hoped today I see you And I won't look away [Verse 3] The table is a tangle of voices, loud and warm She opens up her mouth to speak — it's just the family norm That someone else is louder, that the moment slips away She closes up her thought again and lets it fade to grey She didn't have the words to fight, she didn't have the nerve Just sat a little quieter, convinced she didn't deserve To take up all that space and air, to ask them all to wait So she swallowed what she wanted to say — and learned to hesitate [Verse 4] She's somewhere in the middle of a sentence no one heard When someone stops and turns to her and catches every word They don't look past her shoulder, don't glance away or check the time Just wait for her to find it — every hesitating rhyme Go on they say so gently, I want to know the rest And something in her straightens up, like air back in her chest She tells them what she wanted to say — they listen, soft and still And for a moment she believes her voice was always worth the fill [Bridge] Don't mistake her silence for contentment Don't assume her quietness means she's fine She's just learned that asking gets her nowhere So she stays inside the spaces between the lines She's getting smaller every time you miss her Every time her voice dissolves unheard And strangers shouldn't be the ones who see her She needs you to be the one who notices first So look up from the noise and really find her Let her know her words deserve a place Don't wait for someone passing in a moment To show her that she matters — show her your face [Chorus] But I see you I see the care you put in every line I see you You don't have to make yourself smaller to shine I see you The way you held your breath and hoped today I see you And I won't look away [Outro] She's still there Crayons on the floor Still hoping you'll look up And ask to see her more I still see her Do you?
