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You Deserve Better

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[Verse 1 - soft clean] You say I’m your miracle Your calm inside the chaos Laughing in my worn-out shirt Like I’m the one who keeps you safe [Verse 2 - low, tense] You call me your safest place While I’m hiding from myself You don’t see the fractured mirror Or the storm I swallow every day [Pre-Chorus - rising grit] You see a future I see the cracks in the glass You feel my heartbeat Think it’s steady, think it lasts You pull me closer I freeze and let moments pass You feel the tremor Right under the floorboards’ cracks [Chorus - big clean belt, light rasp on last words] You say I’m the best you ever had You deserve better than this war inside my head I just hear every way I’m bad You deserve someone who believes the words you said Every praise you give I twist it into blame When you call me your heaven I just feel like a fake You wrap your arms around my scars I tear apart the proof you are The best I ever had But I’m the storm you don’t deserve [Bridge - intimate, breathy → explode last line] If you could climb inside my head See the mess I’ve always fed If you ever saw the shadows I keep buried out of sight Would you still say my name Like it’s holy, like it’s brave Would you run or would you hold me, hold me Tell me I’m worth the fight [Drop Chorus - punchy pop-rock delivery] You deserve better than this war inside my head You say I’m the best you ever had I’m so tired of calling myself bad You deserve someone who believes the words you said Every word you give I’m trying hard to let it stay But you call me your heaven And it keeps me here alive You wrap your arms around my scars I’ll stop tearing us apart You’re the best I ever had You deserve better So I’m staying here to fight [Final Chorus - full belt, emotional lift] You say I’m the best you ever had I’ll try to be the one you see You deserve better I’ll be better You’re the best I ever had I’ll try to be The best you deserve