Broken but Brave

Verse 1

Why can't you look me in the eye?

Too scared now,

that the little girl ain't so little no more.

Yeah, I'm not small.

I learned how to stand when everything broke.

I'm brave, I'm cracked in the edges,

but I still chose hope.

Pre-Chorus

You used to think I'd fold in silence,

like I'd never find my voice.

But I didn't just survive it—

I made it my own choice.

Chorus

Why can't you look me in the eye?

Too scared now,

that the little girl ain't so little no more.

Yeah, I'm not small.

I'm brave, broken, but brave.

But I also have,

my boyfriend by my side.

He's the luckiest thing to happen to me.

So if you can't look me in the face,

then you're the weak one.

Verse 2

I don't flinch when you remember me wrong,

I don't shrink just to keep things calm.

I outgrew the version you boxed me in,

and I don't owe you a softer song.

He sees me when I'm a mess,

and still calls it "worth it."

Funny how love shows up

when you finally deserve it.

Bridge

Say what you want about how I changed,

I'm not bending back again.

If truth makes you uncomfortable,

that's your burden, not my end.

Final Chorus

Why can't you look me in the eye?

Too scared now,

that the little girl ain't so little no more.

Yeah, I'm not small.

I'm brave, broken, but brave.

But I also have,

my boyfriend by my side.

He's the luckiest thing to happen to me.

So if you can't look me in the face,

then you're the weak one.