A Hundred Hearts

[Verse 1]
I learn your favorite laugh and hand it back to you
Make every sentence land the way you want it to
I’m counting every nod like it can certify
That I am worth the look you give me when I shine

[Pre-Chorus]
If I can make you want me, maybe I’ll believe
The ache has got a reason, the wanting can leave

[Chorus]
Love me loud, love me true
Tell me I’m enough and I’ll believe it too
I keep turning every face into a mirror
Say you need me, make the picture clearer
Love me now, don’t let it end
I’m a little less afraid when I’m your friend
But the praise runs out, and the old doubt starts
I can’t get a whole heart from a hundred hearts

[Verse 2]
I’m quick with the answer, quick with the grin
I give you the version that knows how to fit in
Then I get home to the silence inside
And wonder which part of me I left behind

[Bridge]
Maybe I’m not empty when nobody claps
Maybe I can stand where the wanting collapses

[Final Chorus]
Love me loud, love me true
Tell me I’m enough—I’m learning that too
I keep turning every face into a mirror
Now I’m looking past it, seeing myself clearer
Love me now, and I’ll still be here
Not a performance built out of fear
When the praise runs out, when the crowd departs
I’m still a person with my own whole heart