

Prompt / Lyrics
Verse 1 I learned early how to stay quiet How to smile when it hurt inside I read the room like a warning sign Tried to be wrong only at the right times I wore your hopes like a second skin Told myself this is how love begins If I could just be good enough Maybe I’d finally feel your love ⸻ Chorus I’m trying to be your perfect daughter Carrying weight I never chose Smiling through the cracks and water Breaking just so no one knows I’m everything you wanted me to be Except the girl I’m supposed to be for me ⸻ Verse 2 I became strong where I should’ve cried Said “I’m fine” like a practiced lie Every mirror felt like a test Every step had to be my best I thought love was something earned By the lessons I never learned I held myself together tight Just to make it through another night ⸻ Chorus I’m trying to be your perfect daughter Carrying weight I never chose Smiling through the cracks and water Breaking just so no one knows I’m everything you wanted me to be Except the girl I’m supposed to be for me ⸻ Bridge Maybe it wasn’t meant to be this hard Maybe I took it too far I was just a kid with a fragile heart Trying to play a grown-up part I don’t hate you, I don’t blame I just got lost inside the name Of who I thought I had to be To deserve to be loved completely ⸻ Final Chorus I was trying to be your perfect daughter Carrying weight I never chose Now I’m rising from that water Letting myself finally show I’m not everything you wanted me to be But I’m becoming who I need ⸻ Ending I don’t need to be your perfect daughter I can finally let it go I’m done carrying that water I’m choosing me, and now I know
Tags
It’s kind of like a soft song that goes big but it hits in the emotional feels
3:28
No
2/23/2026