The Shape of You

Verse 1

I learned to fold myself in half

before I knew the shape I had

They said the quiet girl behaves

so I swallowed every word I made

Mama's ruler daddy's hand

taught me how to understand

that being small was being safe

and wanting more was a mistake

Pre-Chorus

But something in me started scratching at the paint

a softer child would've learned to be a saint

Chorus

I'm not the girl they carved

I'm not the thing they made

I kept the pieces hidden

where the light couldn't reach

I'm not the girl they carved

so let the pretty part decay

I'm louder than the silence

I was told I had to keep

Verse 2

Sixteen came and I cut my hair

pierced the parts I couldn't spare

Drew the lines around my eyes

so I could finally recognize

The mirror stopped apologizing

started staring back and sizing

every bruise they called a lesson

every gift they called a weapon

Pre-Chorus

The quiet one is gone she left without a note

I burned the script they wrote me line by line

Chorus

I'm not the girl they carved

I'm not the thing they made

I kept the pieces hidden

where the light couldn't reach

I'm not the girl they carved

so let the pretty part decay

I'm louder than the silence

I was told I had to keep

Bridge

Softer now but still a blade

gentle hands that learned to stay

I don't need to scream to prove

I survived the shape of you

Mmm I survived the shape of you

Breakdown

I am not what happened to me

I am not what happened to me

Chorus

I'm not the girl they carved

I'm not the thing they made

I kept the pieces hidden

where the light couldn't reach

I'm not the girl they carved

so let the pretty part decay

I'm louder than the silence

I was told I had to keep

Outro

I'm louder than the silence

louder than the silence

I was told I had to keep