I woke up this morning to a quiet truth Soft as the light through the window All the years I was chasing someone else's proof While losing myself in the shadow I bent and I broke just to keep the peace Turned down the sound of my own needs Every time I ignored that voice in me It was my own heart begging please But something in me finally opened my eyes Like a whisper I couldn’t outrun I won’t leave me again I won’t walk out on my soul I won’t trade my truth for love That asks me to be small No more silence in my chest No more breaking just to bend If the whole world walks away I won’t leave me again I remember the girl who kept shrinking down Trying hard not to take up space Believing love meant disappearing somehow Just to keep someone else in place But I see her now in a different light All the courage it took to survive And the woman she's growing into tonight Is finally choosing her life There's a strength in my bones I never knew And it’s louder than all of my fear I won’t leave me again I won’t walk out on my soul I won’t trade my truth for love That asks me to be small No more silence in my chest No more breaking just to bend If the whole world walks away I won’t leave me again So I’ll stay when the feelings get heavy I’ll listen when my heart speaks loud I’ll hold every piece that was hurting Like a promise I’m making now Even when it would be easier To run back into old pain I won’t leave me again I won’t abandon my heart I won’t dim the fire in me Just to stay where you are No more hiding who I am No more losing in pretend Even standing here alone I won’t leave me again I woke up this morning And something finally changed For the first time in my life I stayed