[Intro – Lonely violin, distant piano] [Female – Whispered] Too loud... Too emotional... Too sensitive... Too difficult... Funny how many ways Someone can tell you You're too much... Before you start believing You're not enough. [Verse 1 – Fragile, haunting female vocals] I learned to swallow every feeling, Fold my thunder into rain. Made apologies for breathing, Tried to smile away the pain. I measured every conversation, Every laugh and every tear. Kept my heart behind a curtain, So nobody had to hear. They said my love was overwhelming, That my mind moved much too fast. That nobody could ever hold me If I couldn't change my past. So I carved away the pieces That I thought they couldn't love. Until there was almost nothing left... And somehow still too much. [Pre-Chorus – Trembling Celtic violin] I thought if I could make me smaller, I'd finally be enough. But love should never ask a person To disappear to earn its touch. [Chorus – Sweeping electric violin, emotional strings] I WAS NEVER TOO MUCH! Never too broken to deserve love! Not too loud, not too wild, Not too complicated to be held. I'm not a burden dressed in skin, Not every battle fought within. I don't have to shrink my soul To fit the hands that couldn't hold. All the parts I tried to hide, Are still deserving of the light. I was never too much... I was just afraid to be alive. [Verse 2 – Fingerpicked guitar, intimate vocals] I used to hate the way I worried, How a silence felt like blame. How I'd read between the pauses, Searching for a coming storm. I hated how my mind kept racing, How my thoughts refused to sleep. How I felt a thousand feelings That I didn't know how to keep. I tried to be the perfect picture, Every color in its place. But the girl behind the canvas Couldn't recognize her face. Now I'm learning I can struggle, I can stumble, I can cry. And none of that makes me less worthy Of a place beneath the sky. [Pre-Chorus – Rising strings] I can learn to hold my feelings, I can grow and still be me. Being worthy doesn't mean I'm everything I want to be. [Chorus – Fuller orchestral arrangement] I WAS NEVER TOO MUCH! Never too broken to deserve love! Not too loud, not too wild, Not too complicated to be held. I'm not a burden dressed in skin, Not every battle fought within. I don't have to shrink my soul To fit the hands that couldn't hold. All the parts I tried to hide, Are still deserving of the light. I was never too much... I was just learning to survive. [Bridge – Music disappears, whispered confession] And maybe... Sometimes I was difficult. Sometimes my fear spoke first. Sometimes I said the wrong things, Sometimes I made things worse. I can own those moments, I can learn a better way. But making mistakes Never meant I deserved to be thrown away. [Soft violin enters] I can take responsibility Without carrying all the blame. I can change the way I answer Without changing my own name. I can love with all my heart And still learn when to let go. I don't need to become less... To deserve a love that grows. [Instrumental – Soaring emotional electric violin, Norse drums] [Final Chorus – Cinematic indie-rock, angelic harmonies] I WAS NEVER TOO MUCH! I WAS NEVER HARD TO LOVE! I am fire, I am thunder, I am softness, I am wonder! I can be a work in progress, I can have my stormy days! I can learn to love my chaos Without giving it the reins! I'm not a burden dressed in skin, I'm a thousand songs within! I won't break myself in pieces Just to fit somebody's dream! Let the violins rise higher! Let my wild heart finally trust! I was never too much... I was always worthy of love! [Outro – Soft piano, solitary violin] [Female – Whispered] Too loud? Maybe sometimes. Too emotional? I feel deeply. Too complicated? I'm human. Too much? [Pause] No. [Soft singing] I'm allowed to take up space. I'm allowed to grow with grace. [Final whisper] I was never too much. And I don't have to be less.
