[VERSE 1] I learned to smile when I wanted to scream Called it being tired when I couldn't sleep Said, "I'm fine" so many times I almost made myself believe it Held my breath in crowded rooms Swallowed words I should've used My head could make a thousand reasons But my body never bought them [PRE-CHORUS] Every ache, every tremble Every time I couldn't settle Wasn't weakness Wasn't war It was something in me saying "Baby, you don't have to stay here anymore" [CHORUS] My body knew Before I did It knew the truth I couldn't admit Every heartbeat Every scar Was a map of where I'd been And somehow brought me back this far I spent my whole life Trying to make it behave Now I'm learning how to listen To the language it speaks [VERSE 2] There's a reason certain places Make you leave before you know There's a reason some embraces Feel like home and some don't There's a reason tears come flying When you're finally safe enough Sometimes what we call a breakdown Is the body saying, "That's enough" [PRE-CHORUS] So I stopped calling it crazy Stopped calling myself lazy Stopped fighting every signal I was terrified to hear Maybe all those years of feeling Were just trying to get me here [CHORUS] My body knew Before I did It knew the truth I couldn't admit Every heartbeat Every scar Was a map of where I'd been And somehow brought me back this far I spent my whole life Trying to make it behave Now I'm learning how to listen To the language it speaks [BRIDGE] So here's to every sleepless night Every no I couldn't say Every time my stomach turned And I walked away Here's to every shaking hand Every breath I couldn't take Maybe I wasn't falling apart Maybe something in me was trying to wake [FINAL CHORUS] My body knew Before I did It held the truth Underneath my skin And every heartbeat Said, "You're here" After everything You're still here I don't need to fight it I don't need to be afraid If my body tells me something I'm gonna listen this time [OUTRO — STRIPPED BACK] All those years I thought you were fighting me... But maybe you were just trying To set me free.
