Burnt Letters

I gave you all of me

and you gave me nothing back

Remember when I'd stay up

just to make sure you were okay

Traded all my peace of mind for love that wouldn't stay I

poured into a cup that had a hole straight through the bottom

Thought I could fix a broken man — turned out I only

lost him You mistook my softness for a weakness you could use

Baby I was choosing you while you were choosing to refuse

I kept showing up — you kept showing me who you are

I'm done making excuses for the damage and the scars This ain't

heartbreak

—

this is clarity

I loved you like a river loves the rain

And you let me drown in all that pain

But I'm rising — I'm rising out the flood Done bleeding out

for someone who don't want my love I choose me — I

finally choose me You had gold and let it go so freely

Now I'm walking in my power,

feel it all I loved you deep — but deeper still,

I love myself

I used to shrink myself to fit inside your vision

Now I take up space — yeah,

that's my only mission

Saw your texts — deleted them before I read the whole thing

I'm not curious about a man who lost a good thing

I'm eating good, I'm sleeping sound,

I'm clear

You thought the silence meant I missed you — nah,

I'm just here

You never saw the woman

standing right in front of you

So I became the one I always needed to

I loved you like a river loves the rain And you let

me drown in all that pain But I'm rising — I'm rising

out the flood Done bleeding out for someone who don't want my

love I choose me — I finally choose me You had gold

and let it go so freely

Now I'm walking in my power,

feel it all I loved you deep — but deeper still,

I love myself I cried in the dark so you wouldn't see

me breaking Held myself together while my hands were still shaking I

gave you all my quiet — all my still (ooh)

And I'd do it again — that's how deep the love was

But this time I'm giving all that love to myself (ahhhh)

I loved you like a river loves the rain

And you let me drown in all that pain

But I'm rising — I'm rising out the flood Done bleeding out

for someone who don't want my love I choose me — I

finally choose me

You had gold and let it go so freely

Now I'm walking in my power,

feel it all I loved you deep — but deeper still,

I love myself (yeah) I

love myself

(hummmm) I love myself (ahhhh)