Verse 1] I used to answer quick for a half-finished text, let you keep me waiting like my time was less I read the room too well I accepted the blame, but I know my face now I can say my name [Pre-Chorus] I heard my own heart under all that noise, reducing my needs just to keep a boy Now I stand up straight in my own skin If you want a seat here, you come correct then [Chorus] I love me first I love me first You can't take my worth I love me first I don't beg for space I don't chase pain If you lose me once, you don't get me again [Verse 2] You had a habit of turning things around, like every broken promise was my fault somehow I found my voice in a quiet little room No more picking pieces from the floor for you I don't want your maybe I don't want your lies I don't need a hand that's full of alibis [Pre-Chorus] I heard my own heart under all that noise, carrying the weight just to keep a boy Now I stand up straight in my own skin If you want a seat here uou come correct then [Chorus] I love me first I love me first You can't take my worth I love me first I don't beg for space I don't chase pain If you lose me once, you don't get me again [Bridge] I kept every lesson, even the hard ones I don't call it damage, I call it done If you want my softness, you can meet my steel I know what I bring now I know what I feel [Final Chorus] I love me first I love me first You can't take my worth I love me first I don't beg for space I don't chase pain If you lose me once, you don't get me again I love me first I love me first, and that means I leave when the love gets thin
