Verse 1
I don’t need to be held
I’ve seen what hands do when they’re unsure
I don’t need to be chosen
I know how fast “always” turns to “not anymore”
I don’t need someone calling me home
I built these walls on my own
I don’t need love to tell me I’m real
I’ve bled enough to know
Pre-Chorus
Some scars don’t need fixing
They just need room to breathe
Chorus
I don’t need to be loved
I need to stay the same
I don’t need a heart that opens
Then runs when it feels the weight
If your love needs me smaller
Needs me quiet, needs me less
I don’t need to be loved
I need to be whole
Yeah, that’s it
Verse 2
I don’t need to be seen
I know how eyes can measure a soul
I don’t need “forever” spoken
By someone scared to grow old
I’ve been wanted like a moment
Felt, but never kept
Every “stay” came with an exit
Every promise slept
Pre-Chorus
I don’t doubt the feeling
I doubt how it ends
Chorus
I don’t need to be loved
I need to be left the same
I don’t need a heart that opens
Then runs when it feels the weight
If your love needs me smaller
Needs me quiet, needs me less
I don’t need to be loved
I need to be whole
Yeah, that’s it
Bridge (spoken / half-sung)
Love never asks about
The nights you barely survived
The parts of you that don’t shine
The days you just stayed alive
If loving me costs comfort
If it costs your disguise
Don’t call your fear “destiny”
And leave me behind
[Break]
I didn’t give up on love
I just stopped asking it
To lie
Final Chorus
I don’t need to be loved
I need to be left intact
I don’t need a heart that opens
Just to ask for itself back
If your love needs me smaller
Needs me quiet, needs me less
I don’t need to be loved
I need to stay who I am
Yeah, who I am
Outro
I don’t need to be loved
I need to be whole
And that’s it
Tonenico
