[verse 1] i used to think i had to bloom for everybody else smile with a heart that was falling off the shelf held my breath till it almost felt normal called it growing up but it felt more like survival [pre chorus] every scar keeps trying to tell me who i am but i don't belong to yesterday again [chorus] i'm just a petal caught up in the storm bent by the wind but i never got torn you can break the branch but not the roots below i've been through enough to finally know i'm not what hurt me i'm not what they said i'm everything that kept standing instead [verse 2] some nights still hit like they know where i live bringing back memories i never asked to forgive but pain don't get the last word anymore i've already walked through that door [pre chorus] i stopped chasing people that only loved me halfway if i lose them then maybe they're not meant to stay [chorus] i'm just a petal caught up in the storm bent by the wind but i never got torn you can break the branch but not the roots below i've been through enough to finally know i'm not what hurt me i'm not what they said i'm everything that kept standing instead [bridge] maybe healing isn't pretty maybe it leaves dirt on your hands maybe strength isn't loud at all maybe it's just choosing to stand even when nobody claps even when nobody knows i'll keep growing where they never thought i could [final chorus] i'm still a petal reaching for the light still got bruises but i'm done with the fight every season tried to bury me alive funny how that's exactly how i learned to rise i'm not afraid now i've got nothing left to prove if tomorrow comes with rain i'll bloom anyway
