What If They’re Wrong?

"They say you have to love yourself before you can love someone else."

"I've heard that my whole life."

"But what if the only thing you've ever felt when you look in the mirror... is disappointment?"

"What if every mistake follows you?"

"What if every regret has your name on it?"

"Then tell me..."

"How am I supposed to learn what love is... when I can't even stand myself?"

I know every scar beneath my skin

Every promise broken, every place I've been

Every sleepless night I tried to outrun

Every battle lost, every thing I've done

I know all the reasons I should walk away

All the words I wish I never had to say

When I face the mirror, all I ever see

Is a list of failures staring back at me

So tell me why they make it sound so easy

Like healing is a switch you turn on

'Cause I've been searching for the answer

And I've been searching for so long

How can I ever learn to love someone

When I can't even love myself?

How can I offer someone my heart

When it's lying broken on the shelf?

They say love starts from somewhere deep within

But all I find is doubt when I look in

So tell me, how am I supposed to be enough

When I can't even stand myself?

I've watched good people try to pull me through

Offer me a hand when I had none to lose

But every time they got too close to me

I'd build another wall and call it honesty

'Cause if I let them see the things I hide

The mess beneath the mask, the war inside

Would they still stay, or would they finally see

The broken thing I always said I'd be?

So tell me why they make it sound so simple

Like pain just disappears with time

'Cause every step I take toward someone

Feels like another step behind

How can I ever learn to love someone

When I can't even love myself?

How can I offer someone my heart

When it's lying broken on the shelf?

They say love starts from somewhere deep within

But all I find is doubt when I look in

So tell me, how am I supposed to be enough

When I can't even stand myself?

Maybe they're right

Maybe they're wrong

Maybe I've been fighting this battle too long

Maybe the voice in my head isn't telling the truth

Maybe there's still something worth saving beneath all the wounds

But right now

All I know

Is I'm tired of carrying this weight alone

How can I ever learn to love someone

When I can't even love myself?

How can I offer someone my heart

When it's lying broken on the shelf?

They say love starts from somewhere deep within

But all I find is doubt when I look in

So tell me, how am I supposed to be enough

When I can't even stand myself?

How can I learn to trust their eyes

When mine only see the worst in me?

How can I believe I'm worthy of love

When I'm the last one to agree?

If there's a light beneath this wreckage

If there's still a reason I should try

Then somebody show me how to find it

'Cause I've been lost my whole life

Tell me...

How can I ever learn to love someone...

When I can't even love myself?

"Maybe they're right."

"Maybe one day I'll learn how."

"Maybe one day I'll look in the mirror and see something worth loving."

"But today..."

"Today I'm still learning how to survive the person staring back at me."

"And maybe..."

"Maybe that's where it starts."