Before You See Me

[Verse 1]
I learn your favorite laugh and keep it on my tongue
I make a little weather just to watch your face turn warm
A compliment can carry me from Monday into June
Then silence lands, and every kind word loses its perfume

[Pre-Chorus]
I keep asking every mirror if I’m easy to adore
If I gather enough yeses, will I still ask for more?

[Chorus]
Love me, love me—say it like you mean it
Tell me I’m the one you choose when all the noise is leaving
I can make you want me, I can make it look so easy
But your heart can’t plug the hollow that keeps asking, “Do you need me?”

[Verse 2]
I’m quick with the bright answer, quick to turn the joke around
I can read a shifting eyebrow like a siren in the sound
Every new affection feels like proof I might be fine
Till the sweetness starts to fade and I’m back there, counting signs

[Bridge]
If I stop performing, what remains?
A pulse that doesn’t need a witness to be real

[Final Chorus]
Love me, love me—say it like you mean it
Tell me I’m the one you choose when all the noise is leaving
I can make you want me, but I’m learning to believe it:
I am more than someone’s answer; I am here before you see me