[Verse 1]
I wore my pain like a shirt
Kept it tucked in my sleeve
Smiled at the ones
Who kept taking from me
I bled in silence
Called it being tough
Tried to break myself down
Just to be enough
They said “you’re too much”
Then asked for more
I was empty for them
But they still wanted a core
I couldn’t see it clear
I was too deep in the rain
Blind to the hands on my back
Calling that love while it changed me
[Pre-Chorus]
And I kept on shrinking
To fit their frame
Kept on taking the blame
Kept calling it change
[Chorus]
I was hurtin’ myself
For people who didn’t care
Hurtin’ myself
Just to breathe their air
Hurtin’ myself
Now I see it there
They took what they wanted
Then left me there
I was hurtin’ myself
For people who didn’t care
Hurtin’ myself
Like I owed them repair
Hurtin’ myself
But I’m comin’ back bare
I’m done being the burden
I wasn’t theirs
[Verse 2]
They fed me guilt
Like it was truth in a cup
Twisted my words
Till I couldn’t speak up
Every wound on my heart
They called a flaw of mine
Every time I fell apart
They said I wasted time
I was easy to blame
When they needed a face
Someone to point at
So they could hide their shame
Now I see the script
And it cuts through clean
They were never the cure
They were the disease
[Pre-Chorus]
And I kept on shrinking
To fit their frame
Kept on taking the blame
Kept calling it change
[Chorus]
I was hurtin’ myself
For people who didn’t care
Hurtin’ myself
Just to breathe their air
Hurtin’ myself
Now I see it there
They took what they wanted
Then left me there
I was hurtin’ myself
For people who didn’t care
Hurtin’ myself
Like I owed them repair
Hurtin’ myself
But I’m comin’ back bare
I’m done being the burden
I wasn’t theirs
[Bridge]
I’m learning my name
Without their noise
Learning my heart
Can be more than a toy
If I fall today
I won’t stay down
I’m picking up pieces
From the lost and found
[Final Chorus]
I was hurtin’ myself
For people who didn’t care
Hurtin’ myself
Just to breathe their air
Hurtin’ myself
Now I see it there
They took what they wanted
Then left me there
I was hurtin’ myself
For people who didn’t care
Hurtin’ myself
Like I owed them repair
Hurtin’ myself
But I’m comin’ back bare
I’m done being the burden
I wasn’t theirs