[Verse 1]
I learned to laugh before I answered
To soften every honest word
To wear my confidence like borrowed clothes
And leave before I wasn't wanted
I knew the shape of every silence
How to disappear without a sound
How to fold myself around somebody else's weather
And call it love
[Pre-Chorus]
Funny how you spend your whole life
Trying not to be too much
Until you wake and realise
You never really were enough
For everyone
And that's alright
[Chorus]
Some days look like broken plans
Closed doors and shaking hands
Some days feel like losing faith
And learning how to bend
But ashes feed the garden
And winters always end
So if life can turn the sky to grey
Then I can turn and face the rain
And stand
As I am
[Instrumental Break. Main melodic chords and melody with ad-libs and "As I am" repeated]
[Verse 2]
I don't need every room to love me
I don't need every eye to stay
Some people only know the version of you
That helped them get their way
And maybe that's not cruelty
Maybe we're all afraid
Holding onto old ideas
Long after they have changed
[Pre-Chorus]
I spent years asking mirrors questions
They were never meant to solve
Now I leave a little space
For the woman still evolving
[Chorus]
Some days look like empty streets
Old fears beneath your feet
Some days feel like letting go
Of who you thought you'd be
But rivers shape the mountains
By simply reaching seas
And if life can rewrite every page
Then I can grow without explaining
And stand
As I am
[Instrumental Break, main melodic chords and melody with ad-libs and "As I am" repeated]
[Bridge]
Not louder
Not harder
Not perfect
Not brave every night
Just human
Still learning
Still wrong
Still worthy of light
[Final Chorus]
Some days look like shattered dreams
And tears nobody sees
Some days feel like starting over
At thirty-three
But stars don't ask forgiveness
For teaching us to see
And I don't owe the world a smaller shape
I don't owe my soul another name
I'll stand
As I am
[Instrumental Break. Full power chords and main melody with ad-libs and "As I am" repeated]
[Outro]
Not who I was
Not who they wanted
Not who I'm supposed to be
Just me
As I am
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