Verse 1 Everybody keeps saying, "You're good at what you do." I smile. Say thanks. Then find another reason Why it isn't really true. Maybe they're just being nice. Maybe they don't know me. Maybe if they heard The mess inside my head, They'd take it all back instead. Pre-Chorus If it came this easy... Did I ever earn it? Chorus It doesn't count If I didn't bleed for it. It doesn't count If I didn't fight my way there. Every light they see Feels borrowed from somewhere So I keep talking myself Out of everything now. You call it a gift. I call it timing somehow You call me enough. I keep denying for now Verse 2 I got good at saying, "I'm okay." Before anyone even asked. Told myself, "It wasn't that bad." Like saying it enough Could make it less sad Some people left. Some people stayed... And still found ways to hurt me somedays So I packed it all away In a box I never opened. If I never felt the pain.. Then nothing had to change. Pre-Chorus 2 How many pieces of me Did I leave behind... Just to keep walking in time Chorus It doesn't count If I didn't bleed for it. It doesn't count If I didn't fight my way there. Every light they see Feels borrowed from somewhere So I keep talking myself Out of everything now. You call it a gift. I call it timing somehow You call me enough. I keep denying for now [build to the bridge] Bridge What if... The voice in my head Was never really mine? What if I learned to look away Before I learned to feel the truth in everyday I kept saying, "It wasn't that bad." Until one day... Nothing felt that good either. Maybe strength Was never pretending Nothing broke me. Maybe healing starts The moment I stop Editing the ending Final Chorus Maybe it counts... Every goodbye I buried. Every wound I renamed. Every piece of myself I reframed just to be ok Maybe the light I've spent my whole life denying... Was never something I had to earn. Maybe it was always there... Waiting for me To finally learn Outro If it came easy... Maybe it was never luck. Maybe... It was me. maybe it was love
