When I Couldn’t Love Myself

I was fighting shadows in an empty room,

Hiding from the mirror, drowning in the gloom.

Every voice inside me said I'd never be enough,

Building walls around my heart when life got rough.

You saw the cracks I tried so hard to hide,

Stayed beside me when I wanted to run and hide.

When I couldn't see a reason to believe,

You held onto hope for me.

Piece by piece, you helped me understand,

I was worth more than I had planned.

(Ooh-oh)

I fell in love with you

Because you loved me

When I couldn't love myself.

When I was lost inside the dark,

You saw the light in someone else. Woah-oh.

You carried faith when mine was gone,

Helped me heal what I had felt.

I fell in love with you

Because you loved me

When I couldn't love myself.

Oh-oh, because of you.

Oh-oh, because of you.

You saw the good I couldn't see,

Held the hope inside of me.

(Woah-oh)

You never asked me to be someone new,

You just showed me what was already true.

Through every doubt and every scar I wore,

You saw a heart worth fighting for.

Slowly the reflection started to change,

The person in the mirror didn't look so strange.

For the first time I could finally see,

The good that you saw in me. Ooh-oh.

Day by day, the fear began to fade,

Because of the love you gave.

I fell in love with you

Because you loved me

When I couldn't love myself.

When I was lost inside the dark,

You saw the light in someone else.

You carried faith when mine was gone,

Helped me heal what I had felt.

I fell in love with you

Because you loved me

When I couldn't love myself. Woah-oh.

You saw the good I couldn't see,

Held the hope inside of me.

Oh-oh, because of you.

And if the world comes crashing down,

And all my doubts come back around,

I'll remember how you stayed,

And all the difference that you made.

You taught me how to see my worth,

When I forgot it from the start.

You didn't save me—

You helped me save my heart.

(Ooh-oh)

I fell in love with you

Because you loved me

When I couldn't love myself.

You helped me find the strength I lost,

And pulled me from that lonely hell.

Woah-oh.

Now when I look into my eyes,

I see the person you've always felt.

I fell in love with you

Because you loved me

When I couldn't love myself.

Oh-oh, because of you.

I'm stronger than I ever knew.

You saw the light beneath the doubt,

Stayed when I was shutting out.

(Woah-oh)

You loved me through the broken parts,

Before I knew how healing felt.

Ooh-oh...

And that's why I fell in love with you, When I couldn't love myself.