Me

Used to live on burnout

Running toward every spark

Giving pieces of myself away

Till I was hollow in the dark

Now the mirror looks unfamiliar

Like somebody I outgrew

Heart beating like a warning light

But I still pushed straight through

So I’m setting down the weight now

Leaving guilt beside the door

If it steals away my peace

I can’t carry it no more

I’m saying goodbye to the person I was

Always running dry just to fill everyone up

Now I’m learning how to slow down

Learning how to breathe

My body’s screaming truths

I was too tired to see

Got to keep a little piece of me

Of me, of me

Yeah, I’m keeping a little piece of me

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I mute every expectation

Every voice that says “don’t stop”

Trying to heal the parts of me

That never knew when to drop

Sunday sunlight through the window

No alarms, nowhere to be

If loving someone costs my soul

That love ain’t meant for me

I’m letting silence hold me

Instead of pressure in my chest

If it doesn’t feel like healing

Then it isn’t worth what’s left

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I’m saying goodbye to the person I was

Always running dry just to fill everyone up

Now I’m learning how to slow down

Learning how to breathe

My body’s screaming truths

I was too tired to see

Got to keep a little piece of me

Of me, of me

Yeah, I’m keeping a little piece of me

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Yeah, I got tired of bleeding quietly

Smiling while it buried me alive

Now I hold myself like someone

I’m afraid to lose this time