[Verse 1]
I was searching in your eyes
For a home I never built inside
Every compliment became my air
Every silence felt unfair
I confused the need with love
Turned people into proof enough
But healing sounds like quiet rain
God is teaching me again
[Pre-Chorus]
I don't need to disappear
Just to make somebody stay
I can hold my own heart gently
I can choose a different way
[Chorus]
I'm learning how to love me
Without turning into stone
Without begging for affection
Without losing who I am
I can shine without performing
I can breathe without the chase
Love was never made for crumbs
I was made for grace
[Verse 2]
Now I look into the mirror
Like a friend and not a war
Every broken little version
Deserves kindness even more
And if someone walks beside me
Let it come in truth and peace
Not to fill an empty spirit
But to make the light increase
[Bridge]
Christ, teach me how to love
Without fear and without chains
Let my heart stay soft and honest
Without drowning in the pain
[Final Chorus]
I'm learning how to hold me
When the world feels cold at night
I don't need to earn my value
I was worthy all this time
And the love that really finds me
Will not ask me to be small
I can love and still protect me
I don't need to lose it all