Better Now, Loved Now

I used to dance with shadows,

Chasing echoes in the rain,

Gave my heart to silence,

Wrote your name across the pain.

I whispered love you didn’t hear,

Stuck in a dream that disappeared.

But I let go, yeah, I broke free,

From loving someone who couldn’t love me.

Now I’m better now, I’m brighter somehow,

No more crying to the stars, no more asking how.

I found love in places I never knew,

Someone saw me—and they actually do.

You were my lesson, but they are my vow—

I’m not waiting, I’m loved now.

I stopped writing stories

Where I’m the only one who stays,

Stopped replaying moments

That only took, never gave.

You were a chapter, not the book,

I found the peace that you never took.

No more begging fate to bend,

This is healing, this is the end.

Now I’m better now, I’m brighter somehow,

No more crying to the stars, no more asking how.

I found love in places I never knew,

Someone saw me—and they actually do.

You were my lesson, but they are my vow—

I’m not waiting, I’m loved now.

And if you ever wonder,

If I still feel the ache—

Know I traded tears for thunder,

And I danced through my heartbreak.

Yeah, I’m better now, I’m stronger somehow,

Built my light from every letdown.

I don’t need your almost, I’ve got someone true—

And they love me the way I wanted you to.

So here’s my goodbye, soft but proud—

I’m not wishing... I’m loved now.