[Intro] For too long I’ve said “I don’t need anything”… but tonight I want to be honest. [Verse 1] I learned to do everything on my own, not to wait for anyone at the door, to pick myself up when I fell and to smile even when it hurt. I locked my heart away in a room and lost the key somewhere, for fear that someone might come in and take away another part of me. But there’s a part that hasn’t given up, a voice that keeps on speaking, saying that beneath this armor there’s still someone left to love. [Pre-Chorus] I don’t want to pretend anymore that I don’t care about anything. I still need a hug, to feel like I matter. [Chorus] Let me be a woman, without having to prove how strong I am. Let me be fragile in the arms of someone unafraid to hold me. I want a gaze that strips away all my fears, a voice that whispers softly: “You don’t have to leave.” Let me be a woman, desired without having to ask, loved unconditionally, chosen every day, even when it’s hard. After a lifetime spent holding out, I finally want to breathe… and feel like a woman in the arms of someone who knows how to love me. [Verse 2] I don’t want perfect words anymore, or promises cast up at the sky; I want someone who stays when reality dims the desire. I want an impromptu dinner, laughter in the dead of night, your arm around my waist while the world changes outside. I want to wake up with messy hair and not hide beneath the sheets, to feel your lips on my forehead before I even open my eyes. And if you look at me without saying a word, I want to understand everything from that look: that I am still beautiful, that there is still room for me. [Pre-Chorus] I’m not looking for a perfect love, I’m not looking for someone without flaws. I just want a man who chooses me when he looks at me. [Chorus] Let me be a woman, without having to prove how strong I am. Let me be fragile in the arms of someone who isn't afraid to hold me. I want a gaze that strips away all my fears, a voice that softly tells me “you don’t have to leave.” Let me be a woman, desired without having to ask, loved unconditionally, chosen every day, even when it’s hard. After a lifetime spent holding strong, I finally want to breathe… and feel like a woman in the arms of someone who knows how to love me. [Bridge] And if I cry sometimes, don’t ask me to be strong. Just hold me close, let the night pass. I don’t want to go back to being a girl, I want to be the woman I am, with my scars, with the years written on my skin, with everything I’ve lost and everything I still dream of. Look at me just as I am, without changing a thing. Kiss me gently, as if we had all the time in the world. And tell me that, out of a thousand women, if you had to choose again, you would choose me. [Final Chorus] Let me be a woman, beautiful even when I don’t feel beautiful. Let me be desired, without shame, without fear, without haste. I want to be the one you look for when the day comes to an end, the one you hold close in the silence before you fall asleep. Let me be a woman, with my strength
