You Always Were 🤍

Verse

I wore a face that wasn't mine

(mmh — mmh)

Said every word to keep me small

I drew myself inside the lines

(ohhh)

And gave away the most of all

(gave it all away — mmh)

Pre-Chorus

Something inside me started to shake

(started to shake, ohhhh)

A hunger I could no longer fake

(no longer fake — mmh)

I felt it rise, I felt it burn

(felt it burn — yes I did)

The point of no return

(no return — ohhhh — no return)

Chorus

I'm done with all the in-between

(done with it, done with it — ohhhh)

No more hiding what I mean

(no more hiding — mmh)

I'm shedding skin, I'm breaking free

(breaking free, breaking free — ohhh yes)

I'm finally becoming me

(becoming, becoming — yes I am)

No borrowed voice, no second hand

(no second hand — mmh — no)

I'm planting both feet where I stand

(where I stand — ohhhh)

This is mine — this breath, this ground

(this ground, this ground — mmh)

This is me that I have found

(I have found — ohhh — found myself)

Verse

I know the weight of holding still

(holding still — mmh)

The slow erosion of a name

I bent myself against my will

(against my will — ohhhh)

And called that living, called that sane

(called that sane — mmh — no more)

Pre-Chorus

Something inside me started to shake

(started to shake, ohhhh)

A hunger I could no longer fake

(no longer fake — mmh)

I felt it rise, I felt it burn

(felt it burn — yes I did)

The point of no return

(no return — ohhhh — no return)

Chorus

I'm done with all the in-between

(done with it, done with it — ohhhh)

No more hiding what I mean

(no more hiding — mmh)

I'm shedding skin, I'm breaking free

(breaking free, breaking free — ohhh yes)

I'm finally becoming me

(becoming, becoming — yes I am)

No borrowed voice, no second hand

(no second hand — mmh — no)

I'm planting both feet where I stand

(where I stand — ohhhh)

This is mine — this breath, this ground

(this ground, this ground — mmh)

This is me that I have found

(I have found — ohhh — found myself)

Bridge

Everything I swallowed down

(swallowed down — ohhhh)

Every smile that hid a frown

(hid a frown — mmh)

Every version built to please

(built to please — ohhh)

I'm releasing all of these

(releasing, releasing — let it go)

Every wall I built inside

(built inside — mmh — yes)

Every truth I chose to hide

(chose to hide — ohhhh)

Every chain I thought was mine

(thought was mine — mmh)

I'm crossing that last line

(crossing over — ohhh — crossing over)

Verse

I used to think that this was it

(used to think — mmh)

That who I was would have to fit

But cages only hold the tame

(hold the tame — ohhhh)

And I was never quite the same

(never quite the same — mmh — never)

Chorus

I'm done with all the in-between

(done with it, done with it — ohhhh)

No more hiding what I mean

(no more hiding — mmh)

I'm shedding skin, I'm breaking free

(breaking free, breaking free — ohhh yes)

I'm finally becoming me

(becoming, becoming — yes I am)

No borrowed voice, no second hand

(no second hand — mmh — no)

I'm planting both feet where I stand

(where I stand — ohhhh)

This is mine — this breath, this ground

(this ground, this ground — mmh)

This is me that I have found

(I have found — ohhh — found myself)

Outro

Here I am, here I stand

(here I stand — ohhhh)

Exactly as I planned

Here I am, here I stay

(here to stay — ohhhh)

Nothing left to give away

Here I am, whole and free

(whole and free — ohhh — free)

No one left to be but me

Here I am, arrived at last

The future swallowed up the past

(the past is gone — mmh)

Spoken

This music was created by DiscoPrincess — Royalty of the Night