A Place to Be Me

(Instrumental)

A quiet room, a fading light,

A thousand thoughts keeping me up at night.

A secret hidden deep inside,

A truth I carried, nowhere to hide.

Fifteen years old, learning who I am,

Trying to find my place and understand.

I wore a smile while I held my fear,

Wondering if my heart would disappear.

Every day I tried to play the part,

But hiding pieces of me was tearing me apart.

I knew the words I needed to say,

But I was scared they’d turn away.

I stood there with my shaking hands,

Hoping my family would still understand.

I wasn’t changing, I wasn’t new,

I was only showing them the truth.

And I took a breath, I faced the fear,

I let the words fall through my tears.

For the first time, I let them see,

The person I was meant to be.

I just wanted a place to be me,

A place where my heart could finally breathe.

I wasn’t asking for the world to change,

Only for love to stay the same.

Through the silence, through the pain,

Through the nights I called my name,

I found the courage to believe—

My truth was always a part of me.

My mother looked at me with open eyes,

She saw my heart, she saw my life.

She said, “You’re still the child I love,

Nothing can change what you are made of.”

But my father stood there, quiet and still,

Trying to understand what he felt.

The silence hurt more than words could say,

And it made me question if he’d stay.

The walls felt taller, the room felt cold,

I missed the connection we used to hold.

I wondered if being honest that night

Had taken away the family light.

I just wanted a place to be me,

A place where my heart could finally breathe.

I wasn’t asking for the world to change,

Only for love to stay the same.

Through the silence, through the pain,

Through the tears that fell like rain,

I held onto the hope I’d see—

My family would come back to me.

(Piano and strings build)

Then my sister stood beside my side,

A steady voice when I wanted to hide.

She reminded him of who I’ve always been,

That love should never have an ending.

She said, “He’s still your son, he’s still the same,

A different truth doesn’t change his name.

He needs your love, he needs your heart,

Not a reason for you both to be apart.”

Slowly the distance started to fade,

The walls we built began to break.

Acceptance wasn’t an overnight change,

But we started finding our way.

Now I have a place to be me,

A place where my heart can finally breathe.

The road was difficult, the journey was long,

But love became where I belonged.

Through the silence, through the pain,

We found the sunlight after rain.

I learned that I was always enough,

I was always worthy of love.

And if I could go back to that day,

To the scared young boy afraid to say,

I would tell him, “You’re stronger than you know,

Your heart was never something to hide or let go.”

Fifteen years old, I opened my heart,

Not knowing where the story would start.

But through the fear, I finally see—

Love was waiting there for me.

I found my voice.

I found my way.

I found a place…

To be me.