Don’t Compare

(Verse 1)

No matter what, I was always there

An ear, a shoulder, a confidant in your midnight air

Held your tears like crystal in my hands

While mine fell quiet, slipping through the cracks in the plans

But where were you when I was screaming

The demons of my soul in the dark, no one believing?

I bled in silence, stitched my own despair

Funny how loyalty only flowed one way there

(Pre-Chorus)

I looked up to each of you

Put you on a pedestal of positivity

Built you like statues in gold

While you chipped at my identity

Tore me apart like I was mere rags to your gowns

Smiling in my face while you tried to pull me down

(Chorus)

You say I’m dramatic, attention seeker

But there must’ve been a mirror before you

Projecting every crack in your ego

Every insecurity you swore was untrue

I’m flattered you saw me as a threat

A competition in your fragile affair

But darling, you cannot compete

Where you simply don’t compare

(Verse 2)

I may not be successful in career choice or academics

But I’m successful in life, authentic and kinetic

You chase applause in rooms that don’t clap back

I walk alone in peace and I don’t lack

Free spirit, untamed, I float above the noise

No longer held down by toxic girls playing grown woman poise

Self-centred queens of a paper throne

Now I glow different when I’m on my own

(Pre-Chorus 2)

Years I swallowed every slight

Shrunk my shine to make you bright

But stars don’t dim for satellites

And I won’t apologise for my light

(Chorus)

You say I’m dramatic, attention seeker

But there must’ve been a mirror before you

You hated that I didn’t need ya

That my worth wasn’t something you could undo

Flattered you saw me as a threat

Guess confidence makes you stare

But darling, you cannot compete

Where you don’t compare

(Bridge (Soft, Spoken Over Beat Drop))

I was never your rival

Just your reflection

And reflections hurt

When truth meets projection

(Outro)

I walked out quiet, didn’t slam the door

Left my loyalty folded on the floor

No tears, no scene, just clarity in the air

You can keep the crown…

I kept the power.