Verse 1
Every "maybe later"
Every door half closed
Every time I gave my best
And watched somebody go
Started collecting shadows
Like they were facts about me
Mistook their leaving footprints
For who I was supposed to be
Pre-Chorus
I wore their choices like a label
Let their silence write my name
Till one day I looked around
And realized the truth had changed
Chorus
I was never worthless
Just standing at the wrong doors
Trying to find my value
In people who weren't sure
I thought every goodbye
Was proof there was something missing
Now I know rejection
Wasn't a reflection
I don't need their approval
To know what my heart is worth
The ones who couldn't see it
Never changed who I was first
Verse 2
I shrank myself to fit
Into places I outgrew
Called it being patient
But I was breaking into two
Kept asking what was wrong with me
Every time they walked away
Till I learned some people leave
Because they were never meant to stay
Pre-Chorus
The hardest lesson wasn't losing
It was finally understanding
Someone else's inability to love me
Was never where my value stood
Chorus
I was never worthless
Just standing at the wrong doors
Trying to find my value
In people who weren't sure
I thought every goodbye
Was proof there was something missing
Now I know rejection
Wasn't a reflection
I don't need their approval
To know what my heart is worth
The ones who couldn't see it
Never changed who I was first
Bridge
First heart broke believing
Love was something I had to earn
Second heart kept reaching
Through every lesson that burned
Now this third heart knows
What those old scars were for
Not everybody who rejects you
Deserves a seat at your door
Final Chorus
I was never worthless
I was becoming stronger
Every closed door led me
To where I belonged all along
And if they couldn't choose me
That's their story, not my own
Because the girl who begged for answers
Finally found her way home
I don't need permission
To shine the way I do
Their rejection built the road
That led this heart back through
Third heart, still beating
Brighter than before
Turns out all those closed doors
Were opening something more
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