Let Me Be Myself

I've worn the masks they wanted me to wear
Smiled through silence, swallowed every stare
But somewhere in the quiet hours
I lost the voice that once was ours

I tried to fit where I don't belong
Changed my truth to keep them strong
But the mirror's tired of pretending too
And I just want to break back through

So let me be myself
Not who you wish I'd be
No more fading into shapes
Just to make you comfortable with me
I've been hiding far too long
In someone else's shell
It's time you see the real me
So let me be myself

I'm not your perfect melody
I'm the cracks between the harmony
But there's a beauty in my flaws
Even when they break your laws

I'm not asking you to understand
Just let go of who you planned

And let me be myself
Not the echo you designed
I'm not a page inside your book
That you get to underline
I'm not broken, I'm not lost
I just walked a different trail
It's time I breathe without your cage
So let me be myself

I'll stumble, I'll rise
Maybe fall a hundred times
But I'd rather fail as who I am
Than win while living in a lie

So let me be myself
Not a shadow of your grace
Not the silence in the room
When I needed my own space
I'm not asking for your blessing
Just a chance to break the spell
I was never anyone else
Let me...
Let me be myself