

Prompt / Lyrics
[Verse 1] I learned it young, before I learned my worth The way they’d look at me, then look at her They’d say her name a little louder Like I was standing next to something better I didn’t need it spelled out loud I knew where all the eyes would run I learned real quick where I stood Beside the pretty one [Pre-Chorus] It’s not one moment, it’s a thousand Little cuts you don’t forget You start measuring your worth By the things they never said [Chorus] I was never the pretty one Never the one they’d say out loud I learned to smile through the quiet Hold my ground inside the crowd It hurt before I understood I wasn’t what the mirror won But I learned to stand in truth I was more than not the pretty one [Verse 2] You grow a skin, you grow a way To laugh it off and look okay You learn to be the easy girl So no one sees what you don’t say You find your value somewhere else In standing strong within yourself In being chosen when it matters Not just noticed for what flatters [Pre-Chorus 2] And yeah, some nights it still comes back Those echoes I outgrew But I don’t live inside the voice That once defined my youth [Chorus] I was never the pretty one Never the one they’d say out loud I learned to smile through the quiet Hold my ground inside the crowd It hurt before I understood I wasn’t what the mirror won But I learned to stand in truth I was more than not the pretty one ⸻ [Bridge] They don’t tell you how a girl Starts shrinking just to fit Or how long it takes to unlearn What the world was careless with I found my name beyond their eyes Found my strength in being seen Not for how I looked to them But who I learned to be [Final Chorus] I was never the pretty one But I’m still standing, still enough I’ve been loved for who I am Not the shape or how I look I don’t need to win that crown I don’t need what they’d begun I grew into something deeper Than just being not the pretty one, Yeah [Outro] I was just a girl who learned early How the world keeps score Now I’m a woman who knows There’s so much more
Tags
Mid-tempo country pop, bright acoustic guitar, subtle drums, warm confident female vocal, hopeful not emotional
3:43
No
2/2/2026