[Verse 1] I know the dents along the kitchen chair The hour I wake, the clothes I wear The bills stacked up beside the sink The honest pause before I think I used to measure every breath Against a life I hadn't met Now I can name what brought me here And let it stand without the fear [Pre-Chorus] I don't need a cleaner story I don't need a borrowed face Every crooked little chapter Still belongs inside the page [Chorus] This is my life, and I can hold it The weight, the want, the worn-out days This is my voice, I won't control it To fit the shape somebody made I am not late, I am not lesser I don't have to disappear I can meet myself in the mirror And stay right here [Verse 2] The bus runs late, the coffee's cold My hands still shake when nights unfold A friend calls twice, I let it ring Then call them back and say the thing There are some doors I never chose Some roads that ended where they rose But I can plant my feet and see The ground is still supporting me [Pre-Chorus] I don't need a perfect ending I don't need the world to clap What I carry, what I answer Makes a life from where I'm at [Chorus] This is my life, and I can hold it The weight, the want, the worn-out days This is my voice, I won't control it To fit the shape somebody made I am not late, I am not lesser I don't have to disappear I can meet myself in the mirror And stay right here [Bridge] Let the old demands go quiet Let the polished mask come loose There is mercy in the ordinary There is truth in what I choose If tomorrow asks for changes I can change without regret I can grow and keep my name here I can leave and still be me yet [Final Chorus] This is my life, and I can hold it The weight, the want, the worn-out days This is my voice, I won't control it To fit the shape somebody made I am not late, I am not lesser I don't have to disappear I can meet myself in the mirror And stay right here [Outro] No borrowed face No second life I meet myself And stay right here
