Come As You Are

[Verse 1]
You keep folding up your edges
So they fit the room they made
Trading little pieces daily
For a part you’re told to play
But I see you by the doorway
With your old coat, rain-wet sleeves
There is nothing you should hide here
Nothing you must earn from me

[Pre-Chorus]
Let your real name leave your mouth
Let the careful version go
You don’t have to change your shape
To be somebody I can know

[Chorus]
You deserve to be loved as you are
Not a picture they drew from afar
Every scar, every color, every way that you feel
You are worthy; you are whole; you are real
Let the world keep its rules and its lines
You don’t owe it a smaller design
You deserve a safe place, a hand you can hold
Come as you are; you are loved, you are whole

[Verse 2]
You can take your time deciding
Which old labels you outgrow
You can laugh too loud at dinner
You can change the things you know
There’s a chair beside the window
There’s your tea still getting warm
You don’t need to make a case here
You are welcome in your form

[Pre-Chorus]
Let your real name leave your mouth
Let the careful version go
You don’t have to change your shape
To be somebody I can know

[Chorus]
You deserve to be loved as you are
Not a picture they drew from afar
Every scar, every color, every way that you feel
You are worthy; you are whole; you are real
Let the world keep its rules and its lines
You don’t owe it a smaller design
You deserve a safe place, a hand you can hold
Come as you are; you are loved, you are whole

[Bridge]
If they ask you to disappear
I will save you a place right here
No test, no mask, no borrowed role
I’m glad you came with your whole soul

[Final Chorus]
You deserve to be loved as you are
Not a picture they drew from afar
Every scar, every color, every way that you feel
You are worthy; you are whole; you are real
Let the world keep its rules and its lines
You don’t owe it a smaller design
You deserve a safe place, a hand you can hold
Come as you are; you are loved, you are whole

[Outro]
Come as you are
You are loved, you are whole