I Am

Verse 1

I've worn a smile to hide the worry

I've said "I'm fine" when I was not

I've made a home inside my silence

Carried things I never talked about

Verse 2

I've watched the people that I love leave me

I've seen the plans that I had fall through

I had a thousand reasons to give up

But something kept me pulling through

Pre-Chorus

I used to measure my worth

By the people that would stay

By the things that I could purchase

By the words that people say

Now, I'm learning my value

Doesn't rise and fall like rain

I am more than my worst moment

I am more than yesterday

Chorus

I am, I'm more than what I've been

More than every place I failed

I'm more than all the doors that closed

More than all the lonely nights I faced

I am, I'm still here, still becoming

Still a heart that dares to try

I don't have to figure it out

To hold my head up high

I am, I'm not the words they gave me

I am not the fear I knew

I am every time I stood back up

When I thought I couldn't move

I am, I'm learning and I'm growing

I'm just tryna find my way

I'm not even finished yet

But I am here, and that's enough today

Verse 3

There were days I felt invisible

Like my voice would never matter

I watched everybody running

While I struggled just to gather

All these pieces of a life

That didn't look the way I planned

But I stopped comparing chapters

And I started where I am

Verse 4

I began to keep my promises

Even little ones to me

Started saying "no" to things

That steal my peace and dignity

I learned being gentle

Doesn't mean that I am weak

Choosing not to fight each battle

Is a strength that I can keep

Pre-Chorus

I don't need to be the loudest

I don't need to prove them wrong

I can walk into tomorrow

With a quiet kind of strong

Chorus

I am, I'm more than what I've been

More than every place I failed

I'm more than all the doors that closed

More than all the lonely nights I faced

I am, I'm still here, still becoming

Still a heart that dares to try

I don't need to figure it out

To hold my head up high

I am, I'm not the words they gave me

I am not the fear I knew

I'm every time I stood back up

When I thought I couldn't move

I am, I'm learning and I'm growing

I'm just tryna find my way

I'm not even finished yet

But I am here, and that's enough today

Bridge

To the child I used to be

I'm sorry that you felt so small

You were never hard to love

You were never wrong for wanting it all

To the person I'll become

I hope you haven't lost your heart

Hope you know the things that broke you

Never took away your worth

And to the person I am right now

You don't even have to be fearless

You just gotta, yeah, you just gotta start

Chorus

I am, I'm more than what I've been

More than every scar I bear

I am all the love I've given

All the times that I have dared

I am, I'm still here, still becoming

Got a future left to write

I have walked through my own darkness

I am learning how to find the light

I am, not my worst decisions

I'm not my deepest pain

I am every little reason

I got up and tried again

Outro

I am, I'm learning and I'm growing

I am finding my own way

I don't need to be somebody else

I deserve a better day

I am, I'm still here, still growing

Still worthy, still me

And for the first time in my life

I know it, I believe, that's enough