“You Met Me in the Ruins”

I wasn’t a princess waiting for a fairytale…

I was a girl standing in the ashes of everything I thought I lost.

I was living like a ghost in my own life,

Laughing with people while dying inside.

I kept my heart behind a locked-up door,

‘Cause I couldn’t survive another war.

I stopped believing in forever,

Stopped thinking things could get better.

I had dreams, but they felt so far away,

Like stars I could see but never reach someday.

I became good at hiding my pain,

Dancing through thunder, walking through rain.

Nobody knew how tired I was,

Nobody saw how deep it was.

Then you came in with your goofy smile,

Making me laugh after such a long while.

You didn’t fix me, you didn’t try…

You just stayed when I wanted to hide.

You met me in the ruins of who I was,

When I didn’t believe in anything but dust.

You held my hand when I pushed away,

Loved my heart on its darkest days.

I was a storm that forgot the sky,

A broken dream that was scared to fly.

But you looked at me and somehow knew…

There was still a beautiful girl inside too.

Yeah…

I saw the battles you never talked about,

The silent tears you tried to drown out.

You thought your past made you impossible,

But I saw someone incredible.

You kept saying, “I’m too much, I’m a mess,”

I kept thinking, “Damn, she’s the best.”

You don’t need to be perfect for me,

I love the real you that nobody sees.

I don’t need a girl with no scars,

I want the one who fought through the dark.

The one who fell but got back up,

The one who still believed in love.

And yeah, you drive me crazy sometimes,

With your overthinking and your wild little mind.

But I’d rather have your chaos every day,

Than a perfect love that feels fake.

Female: I was afraid you’d see the broken parts.

Male: I was looking for the girl behind the scars.

Female: I thought my darkness would make you leave.

Male: Your darkness is what made me see.

You met me before I became my best,

Before I healed, before I found my strength.

You loved the girl who was barely holding on,

And reminded her she wasn’t gone.

Now every morning feels like a brand new start,

Because you brought color back to my heart.

I spent so long lost in the night…

Never knowing I was walking toward my light.

I didn’t need someone to save me…

I just needed someone who would stay.

And somehow… you became my home.