I'm Still Me - ArlenaZara
I smiled for the world, hid my tears
Held back the night, swallowed my fears
No one saw the cracks in my skin
The silent battles I held within
I gave my all, I gave my heart
But pieces fell apart in the dark
I whispered pain no one could hear
I broke quietly year after year
I thought if I stayed strong no one would know
But even silence has its own echo
I broke quietly
Behind every smile, behind every lie
I carried the weight, I held the grief
And no one saw the fall beneath
I loved too much, I gave too deep
Now I'm learning how to breathe
I broke quietly
But I'm still standing
I'm still me
I watched the world go on around
While I crumbled without a sound
The love I needed, the love I sought
Was lost in battles I quietly fought
I stitched my heart with unseen thread
Fought the darkness in my head
I learned to hide, I learned to cope
But inside me I lost hope
I thought if I whispered no one would stay
So I broke quietly day by day
I broke quietly
Behind every smile, behind every lie
I carried the weight, I held the grief
And no one saw the fall beneath
I loved too much, I gave too deep
Now I'm learning how to breathe
I broke quietly
But I'm still standing
I'm still me
If I could scream, if I could shout
Would anyone hear what I'm about
I loved too fiercely, I gave my all
And now I rise from every fall
I broke quietly
But I'm not done
The healing's just begun
I broke quietly
But I found my strength inside
No more hiding, no more lies
I'll let the light back in again
I loved too much, I loved too true
But now I live for me too
I broke quietly
And I'm standing
Finally free
The world never saw, the world never knew
How quietly I fell
But quietly I rose too