[Verse 1]
Taller than the girls in class
Head in the clouds
Feet in the trash
Every mirror's like a test
Circle every place I hate
Fail the rest
They say
"you're tiny"
They say
"you're huge"
Same mouth
New mood
I'm the rumor in the room
Changing shapes when I move
[Chorus]
I’ve never seen myself as beautiful
Just a list of things they told me to control
Too tall
Too loud
Too much
Too small
I only hear the names they called
I’ve gone too numb to see my own glow
Tracing every flaw like it’s all I’ll ever know
If there’s a light in me
It’s hiding in the cracks
I want it back
I want it back (oh)
[Verse 2]
Tried on confidence like clothes
Tag still scratching at my throat
Smile for pictures
Crop my frame
Scroll and scroll
We all look the same
They say
"you’re perfect"
They say
"you’re wrong"
I wear their voices
Like a shirt that doesn’t fit
Pulling at me all day long
[Chorus]
I’ve never seen myself as beautiful
Just a story that was written by them all
Too tall
Too loud
Too much
Too small
I only hear the names they called
I’ve gone too numb to see my own glow
Measuring my worth in every "yes" and "no"
If there’s a light in me
It’s hiding in the cracks
I want it back
I want it back (hey)
[Bridge]
What if I’m more than the angles they frame?
More than the wins
More than the shame
What if the parts that I try to erase
Are the very things giving me grace?
[Chorus]
I’ve never seen myself as beautiful
But maybe I’ve been standing way too close
Too tall
Too loud
Too much
Too small
Maybe that’s the best of it all
I’ve been too numb to feel my own glow
But I’m learning how to talk to my reflection slow
There is a light in me
Shining through the cracks
I want it back
I’m taking it back (oh)
I’m taking it back