Verse 1
I spent years trying to fit the frame
Making myself smaller just to ease the weight
Wore every scar like a chain on my chest
Smiled through the hurt, called survival my best
I carried voices that were never mine
Built my whole worth on crossing every line
But somewhere deep beneath the noise and fear
There was a soul still waiting to appear
Pre-Chorus
And every wound became a road
Every heartbreak brought me home
Chorus
Now I’m finding my place in the wide open air
With the people who love me when my heart is bare
Friends who stayed when the world turned cold
Family reminding me I never walked alone
I’m done hiding shadows, done bending my name
Done apologising for taking up space
The past may have shaped me, but it don’t own me
For the first time in my life
I’m finally free to be me
Verse 2
There were nights I thought I’d disappear
Lost inside the weight of all those years
But healing came in quiet ways
In laughing hard and brighter days
In every hand that pulled me through
Every “we love you” I never knew
And slowly all the cracks inside
Started letting in the light
Pre-Chorus
Now the mirror feels less like a war
And more like someone worth fighting for
Chorus
Now I’m finding my place in the wide open air
With the people who love me when my heart is bare
Friends who stayed when the world turned cold
Family reminding me I never walked alone
I’m done hiding shadows, done bending my name
Done apologising for taking up space
The past may have shaped me, but it don’t own me
For the first time in my life
I’m finally free to be me
Bridge
So here’s to the boy who carried the pain
Who thought being needed was love all the same
You don’t have to earn every breath that you take
You were worthy from the start, even through the ache
And now I stand taller than fear ever knew
Not because I’m perfect — because I made it through
Final Chorus
Yeah I found my place in the hearts around me
In the love that stayed and the ones who found me
Every scar’s a chapter, every tear released
Every broken piece brought me back to peace
And I won’t dim my fire just to make others see
I was born to shine exactly as me
The past may have shaped me, but it set me free
And I’m finally
Finally free to be me
Outro
Free to be me…
Free to be me…
And that’s enough for me.
