The Weight of Being Me

I woke up with a war

inside my head

Another conversation with the voices I

never said

I've been wearing a smile like

a loaded gun Trying to convince

the world I'm having fun

Everybody's got a picture they're trying

to frame A perfect little life

with a hidden stain I used

to think I was the only

one Breaking underneath what I'd become

Maybe I'm not lost,

maybe I'm just learning Maybe these

scars are proof that I'm still

burning I'm not a failure,

I'm not a mistake I'm just

a heart that's been through too

much pain I've been chasing shadows,

running from the truth Trying to

be somebody I was never meant

to be If I fall apart,

let the pieces show There's a

little bit of life in the

cracks below I'm not broken,

I'm becoming me I'm just carrying

the weight of being human

I've had days where the mirror

looked like an enemy

Where the person staring back didn't

feel like me

I counted every reason I should

disappear Forgot the same hands pulled

me through the years

We're all just ghosts with a

pulse and a name Trying to

outrun what we're afraid to face

Nobody tells you the hardest fight

Is learning to forgive your own

life Maybe every scar has a

story worth keeping Maybe every tear

means something's still breathing I'm not

a failure, I'm not a mistake

I'm just a heart that's been

through too much pain I've been

chasing shadows, running from the truth

Trying to be somebody I was

never meant to be If I

fall apart, let the pieces show

There's a little bit of life

in the cracks below I'm not

broken, I'm becoming me I'm just

carrying the weight of being human

So here's to the nights we

thought we wouldn't survive The moments

we almost gave up the fight

The world keeps telling us who

we should be But I'm done

apologizing for being me

I'm not a failure,

I'm not a mistake I'm the

scars and the choices that I

made I'm every goodbye,

every battle I knew Every time

I fell and found my way

through If I'm a mess,

then let me be free I

don't need to hide what's underneath

I'm still here,

and that's everything I'm still becoming

the person I'm meant to be

I'm not broken,

I'm finally free

I'm just carrying the weight of

being human