Be Yourself

[Verse 1]
You wore that smile like shoes
Too tight for your skin
Held your breath in rooms
Full of people trying to win
You kept folding up
Till you fit their frame
But your hands were made
For a different name
[Pre-Chorus]
Look at you now
Standing in your own skin
No more borrowed colors
No more pretending
The mirror knows
What the world forgot
You were never less
You were just not
[Chorus]
Beauty begins with you
Beauty begins with you
When you stop the chase
And let your true face through
Beauty begins with you
Beauty begins with you
(Be yourself)
And the whole room changes too
[Verse 2]
That old doubt came back
At the edge of the day
Said wear less of this
Hide the rest away
But you laughed that off
Like a match in rain
Let the scar on your cheek
Say your real name
[Pre-Chorus]
Look at you now
Standing in your own skin
No more borrowed colors
No more pretending
The mirror knows
What the world forgot
You were never less
You were just not
[Chorus]
Beauty begins with you
Beauty begins with you
When you stop the chase
And let your true face through
Beauty begins with you
Beauty begins with you
(Be yourself)
And the whole room changes too
[Bridge]
Take up space
Let it show
Soft and fierce
Head held slow
All those cracks
Turned to gold
You don't need
To be sold
[Final Chorus]
Beauty begins with you
Beauty begins with you
When you stop the chase
And let your true face through
Beauty begins with you
Beauty begins with you
(Be yourself)
And the whole room changes too

Pop-R&B with a mid-tempo swung groove, soft palm-muted guitar over warm keys and crisp snap percussion; verse stays intimate and close, pre-chorus opens with rising harmony stacks, chorus blooms with doubled lead and chanty backing vocals. Add reverse swells into each lift, tiny vocal delay throws on the last word, and a glossy, wide mix with polished low end and bright top.