**NOT LESS** *Verse 1* I was doing fine this morning I was standing tall somehow Then you looked the other way And suddenly I'm smaller now You said no, and I said nothing But my heart heard something more Like I'm not the one you wanted Like I'm someone you ignore *Pre-Chorus* And I know it's just a moment I know it shouldn't hurt this much But somehow one little rejection Can make me question who I am *Chorus* Did I become less When you chose somebody else? Did I lose my worth When you didn't choose me? I know your heart is yours to follow I know you don't owe me anything But why does your no sound like I'm not enough to be loved? I'm trying to remember What I forget when I feel this way Your choice is not my value Your distance doesn't make me fade Maybe I'm still worthy Even when I'm not the one you see Maybe being left unchosen Doesn't mean there's less of me *Verse 2* I hate the way I overthink it Every word and every glance Wondering what I could have changed If I had only had a chance And I compare myself in silence To the one you turned toward As if somebody else's beauty Makes me something less than before *Pre-Chorus* And I wish my heart were stronger I wish I could just let things go But the smallest “no” can echo Through the places no one knows *Chorus* Did I become less When you chose somebody else? Did I lose my worth When you didn't choose me? I know your heart is yours to follow I know you don't owe me anything But why does your no sound like I'm not enough to be loved? I'm trying to remember What I forget when I feel this way Your choice is not my value Your distance doesn't make me fade Maybe I'm still worthy Even when I'm not the one you see Maybe being left unchosen Doesn't mean there's less of me *Bridge* Maybe I don't have to be chosen To know that I am enough Maybe I don't have to be wanted By everyone I ever loved And maybe this ache I'm feeling Doesn't mean that I am weak Maybe I'm learning how to hold myself When someone doesn't choose me So let it hurt But let it pass I am more than this one moment More than somebody else's answer More than who they chose instead *Final Chorus* I didn't become less When you chose somebody else I didn't lose my worth When you didn't choose me Your heart was free to follow And mine is finally learning too That somebody else's no Can never tell me who I am I may still feel it I may still hurt sometimes But I won't turn your rejection Into a reason to disappear Maybe I'm still worthy Maybe I've always been enough And being left unchosen Doesn't mean I'm less *Outro* No... I was never less. I was only hurting Because I wanted to be chosen. And now... I'm choosing me.
