I touch a note, it bends to me Like glass in velvet hands No style too difficult for me I learn it quick, I understand Seven shades, then eight more high I wear my voice like aging wine If I whisper, room leans in If I run, they run behind I say, I’m fine, I’m only good But you can hear the hunger I work on every little flaw Until it seems a wonder I work so hard to seem so light To make it all look easy I bow, I grin, I play it off But babe, now listen to me I do my best I do my best But never enough, tell me why I do my best I do my best So tell me I matter tonight So tell me I matter That I‘m loved and did good and I’m right So tell me I matter tonight They call it grace when I don’t shake They call it magic when I break I make a prison out of ache And wear it like a wedding cake I know the tricks, I know the heat The tiny turns, the careful climb I turn my voice into a room Then fill it up with borrowed time I laugh like I don’t need the light Seems I was made for stealing it But every mirror asks me why I can’t stop over-feeling it I chase the praise, I lose my breath I hate the way it saves me I’m all applause and empty chest So, baby, please believe me I do my best Though I don’t rest It’s never enough, but I try so hard I do my best I do my best So tell me I matter tonight So tell me I matter That I‘m loved and did good and I’m right So tell me I matter tonight Look at me now I’m a crown in the dark No, I’m just shaking with both hands in my heart I am the star I am the scar I am the one who keeps asking for more Look at me now I’m a saint and a thief I sing like I know it, then fall to my knees I am the star I am the scar But never enough I’m never enough I do my best And I won’t rest Until I’m enough, I do try I do my best I do my best So tell me I matter tonight So tell me I matter That I‘m loved, and did good enough to matter So tell me I matter Because I matter
