[Verse 1] They told me I was cracked from the cradle Stamped "wrong" like a mark on my skin Said my thoughts were a trap Just a fable That my questions were feeding the wind They said "Close your eyes Just believe it Bend your heart till it fits in this frame" But every time I tried to repeat it My own voice choked on the name [Chorus] I was born the way I am Breathing Thinking Reaching hands I don't need your curse to make me small I'm not broken I'm not damned I'm a heartbeat Not a scam If there's a maker They can take me as I am As I am [Verse 2] Tired of feeling guilty for breathing For the spark that keeps lighting my mind If truth is so scared of my reason Tell me what it's trying to hide I walked out of that house built on judgment Dust of dogma still stuck in my hair Found a sky that was wide Full of nothing But the raw Honest taste of the air [Chorus] I was born the way I am Breathing Thinking Reaching hands I don't need your curse to make me small I'm not broken I'm not damned I'm a heartbeat Not a scam If there's a maker They can take me as I am As I am [Bridge] If love needs me crawling On cuts and on glass It was never love calling Just a voice from the past So I'll stand in this body This bright Restless mind If grace ever finds me It can meet me where I shine [Chorus] I was born the way I am Breathing Thinking Reaching hands I don't need your chains to make me whole I'm not broken I'm not damned I'm a heartbeat Not a scam If there's a heaven It can hold me as I am As I am (as I am)
