[Intro]
Yeah
I don't need a perfect answer
Just a little room to breathe
[Verse 1]
I woke up with the same old weight beside me
Tucked under my ribs where nobody can find me
Phone full of names, but I leave every message
How do I say I'm tired without making it a question?
Coffee went cold while I stared at the ceiling
Counting every reason I should hide what I'm feeling
Then I washed one plate, opened up the blinds
Small things look different when you give them some time
[Chorus]
I just want to be okay inside
Not pretend, not run, not have to hide
If the best I do is make it through tonight
Let that be enough, let me keep my light
I just want to be okay inside
Take a little peace, let it stay awhile
No big speech, no finish line
Just one honest breath, and I'll be fine
[Verse 2]
I learned how to laugh at the right location
Turn a cracked-up heart into good conversation
Everybody asks, "You good?" I say, "Yeah, I'm straight"
While the truth sits quiet at the back of my face
But I called my sister, let the silence hang
Said, "I don't need fixing, I just need your name"
She said, "You don't have to carry every part"
And something in my chest loosened up an inch in the dark
[Chorus]
I just want to be okay inside
Not pretend, not run, not have to hide
If the best I do is make it through tonight
Let that be enough, let me keep my light
I just want to be okay inside
Take a little peace, let it stay awhile
No big speech, no finish line
Just one honest breath, and I'll be fine
[Bridge]
Maybe healing isn't thunder in the sky
Maybe it's a glass of water and replying why
Maybe it's admitting I got lost somewhere
Then taking one more step like somebody cares
[Verse 3]
So I put both feet down on the kitchen tile
Let the morning find me, even for a while
I can't promise tomorrow won't pull me apart
But I can stop treating every bruise like a scar
If I bend, I bend; if I break, I call
I don't have to disappear to handle it all
There's a little more space where the panic used to be
And I’m learning that surviving can still look like me
[Final Chorus]
I just want to be okay inside
Not pretend, not run, not have to hide
If the best I do is make it through tonight
Let that be enough, let me keep my light
I just want to be okay inside
Take a little peace, let it stay awhile
No big speech, no finish line
Just one honest breath, and I'll be fine
[Outro]
One honest breath
One more morning
I don't have to fix the whole world
To keep going