Count Me Out

They wrote my name in pencil

Like it wouldn’t stay

Told me pick another road

This one’s too far away

Standing in a classroom

Trying not to break

Every word they threw at me

Was one more weight

You can say I’m not enough

You can say I won’t be

But every time you count me out

You’re counting wrong on me

Count me out

Say I’ll never get there

Say I’ll never be the one

Count me out

Tell me I’m not ready

Tell me I should run

Every doubt you ever said

Is ringing in my head

But I turn it into fuel

Watch me now instead

Count me out

I remember that moment

Paper in my hand

Not perfect, not impressive

But more than they had planned

Didn’t need a miracle

Just something I could hold

Proof that I was stronger

Than the story I was told

You can say I’m not enough

You can say I won’t be

But every time you count me out

You’re counting wrong on me

Count me out

Say I’ll never get there

Say I’ll never be the one

Count me out

Tell me I’m not ready

Tell me I should run

Every doubt you ever said

Is ringing in my head

But I turn it into fuel

Watch me now instead

Count me out

All those words

Still echo loud

But they don’t break me now

They built me up

From the ground

You tried to shut me down

Count me out

Say I’ll never get there

Say I’ll never be the one

Count me out

Tell me I’m not ready

Tell me I should run

Every doubt you ever said

Is burning in my head

But I turn it into fire

Watch me rise instead

Count me out

You can count me out

But you’re counting wrong