[Intro]
Yeah
You thought the hurt would own me
You were wrong
[Verse 1]
Thank you for the furnace, thank you for the scars
Thank you for the nights you tried to pull me apart
You handed me a mirror with a crack across the glass
I saw every wound, then I saw I could last
You fed me every reason to disappear inside
I learned to name the poison, I learned to step aside
The voice that said I’m worthless used to sound like truth
Now I hear a liar wearing somebody’s boots
[Pre-Chorus]
You pushed me down so hard
I found the ground beneath my feet
You made me face the part of me
I swore I’d never meet
[Chorus]
Thank you for putting me through hell
Thank you for the damage as well
Thank you for making me want to hate myself
You showed me I was somebody else
If you never broke me open
I’d have never learned to see
I do, I do matter
And I finally love me
[Verse 2]
I carried your verdict like a chain around my throat
Every cruel word landed, every cold door closed
But pressure makes a weapon when the metal learns its shape
I turned the cage to kindling, I walked out through the flame
No, I’m not your victim, no, I’m not your proof
You don’t get to define me by the worst things that you do
I took back every hour you convinced me I was small
Now the person in the mirror doesn’t bow at all
[Pre-Chorus]
You pushed me down so hard
I found the ground beneath my feet
You made me face the part of me
I swore I’d never meet
[Chorus]
Thank you for putting me through hell
Thank you for the damage as well
Thank you for making me want to hate myself
You showed me I was somebody else
If you never broke me open
I’d have never learned to see
I do, I do matter
And I finally love me
[Bridge]
I do matter
Say it till the walls give way
I do matter
Say it till the fear obeys
I do matter
Every breath is evidence
I do matter
I am more than what you did
[Breakdown]
You wanted a ghost
You made a survivor
You wanted my shame
I came back louder
You wanted me gone
I found my name
You lit the match
I became the flame
[Final Chorus]
Thank you for putting me through hell
I built a life from what you broke as well
Thank you for making me want to hate myself
I found a heart you could never sell
If you never broke me open
I’d have never learned to see
I do, I do matter
And I finally love me
[Outro]
I do matter
I love me
You don’t get to take that back