[Verse 1]
I trace my scars in the bathroom light
Count every reason I’m not alright
Pick myself apart like it’s a job
Yeah I’m so tired of this audit of my heart
[Pre-Chorus]
If I can’t stand the girl in the glass
How could anybody ever look past that?
[Chorus]
How could you possibly love me
When I tear myself to pieces every day
I despise every part of my body
Every thought
Every word that I say
If I can’t ever learn to love myself this much
How could you
How could you ever call this love
[Verse 2]
You hold my hands when they start to shake
Say I’m enough but it feels so fake
I hear your praise like it’s spoken in tongues
My brain translates it into “you’re not good enough”
[Pre-Chorus]
If I keep drowning in what I lack
How could anybody ever save me from that
[Chorus]
How could you possibly love me
When I tear myself to pieces every day
I despise every part of my body
Every thought
Every word that I say
If I can’t ever learn to love myself this much
How could you
How could you ever call this love
[Bridge]
What if you see what I see
Would you run
Would you leave
Or would you stay in the dark with me (oh)
You say your heart still believes
But I don’t trust what I can’t believe in me
[Chorus]
How could you possibly love me
When I tear myself to pieces every day
I despise every part of my body
Every thought
Every word that I say
If I can’t ever learn to love myself this much
How could you
How could you
How could you ever call this love