[Verse 1]
You knew the girl who bent to fit you
Soft edges, quiet, folding small
You knew the one who stayed too long
Trying not to lose it all
You heard me speak in careful sentences
Afraid of how the truth might land
But you never saw me standing
In a room I filled with just my hands
[Pre-Chorus]
I was learning how to hold myself
Without asking if I could
Saying my own name out loud
Like I always should
[Chorus]
You never met me like this
Steady hands, unafraid
You never heard how my voice
Learned the things you couldn’t say
I grew into someone
You wouldn’t recognize
Not because I changed for you
But because I chose my life
You never met me like this
[Verse 2]
I laugh now without looking over
For a sign that it’s okay
I make decisions in the open
I don’t second-guess my way
There’s a quiet where the storm was
There’s a light I didn’t borrow
And I don’t need to chase a feeling
I already have tomorrow
[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t shrink to make it easy
I don’t twist to be understood
I stand inside my own reflection
And it finally feels like home should
[Chorus]
You never met me like this
Steady hands, unafraid
You never heard how my voice
Learned the things you couldn’t say
I grew into someone
You wouldn’t recognize
Not because I changed for you
But because I chose my life
You never met me like this
[Bridge]
Sometimes I wonder if you’d notice
If we passed on a crowded street
Would you see the light I’m holding now
Or just the ghost you used to meet
But I don’t need that answer anymore
I don’t need you to believe
There’s a whole life in me now
You were never there to see
[Final Chorus]
You never met me like this
Open heart, solid ground
You never heard how my silence
Turned into a different sound
I grew into someone
Who won’t disappear to survive
Not because you let me go
But because I chose my life
[Outro]
I learned to call myself home
And you never knew that name
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