Fold My Colors

[Verse 1]
You caught me laughing too loud at the table
I watched your eyes turn away
I took that look home and pinned it beside me
Like proof I should change what I say

[Pre-Chorus]
But your silence knows nothing
Of the names I have worn
It just finds the small places
Where I already feel torn

[Chorus]
I won't apologize for being myself
I won't fold my colors back up on the shelf
If you see what I fear when you look in my eyes
That's my doubt talking, dressed up in disguise
I'll give my own heart the love I kept asking from you
And let it be enough to be true

[Verse 2]
You called me too much when I spoke from the center
Too quiet when I needed room
I carried your measure around like a mirror
And made every edge into proof

[Pre-Chorus]
Now I see what you're showing
Isn't all that I am
It's the bruise I keep guarding
Not the shape of my hands

[Chorus]
I won't apologize for being myself
I won't fold my colors back up on the shelf
If you see what I fear when you look in my eyes
That's my doubt talking, dressed up in disguise
I'll give my own heart the love I kept asking from you
And let it be enough to be true

[Bridge]
Maybe love isn't earned by becoming convenient
Or sanding the words from my tongue
I'll stand here as I am, unedited, breathing
And start with the care I withheld from myself

[Final Chorus]
I won't apologize for being myself
I won't fold my colors back up on the shelf
When I meet my own gaze, I can loosen the lie
That your judgment decides if I'm worthy tonight
I'll give my own heart the love I kept asking from you
And let it be enough to be true
If I can love the person I'm learning to be
There's room for the world to love me

[Outro]
There's room for the world to love me
As I am, as I am