Home Beneath My Skin

[Verse 1]
I kept a map of every place I failed
Folded it small and carried it like mail
You sat beside me on the kitchen floor
Said, “You don’t have to earn the morning anymore”

[Pre-Chorus]
So I loosened my hands
Let the old names fall
There was room in my chest
For a life beyond the wall

[Chorus]
I’m coming back to me
Piece by piece, steadily
I can bend, I can begin
There’s a home beneath my skin
I’m becoming what I need
Root by root, a living seed
I don’t have to disappear
To let a better self appear

[Verse 2]
You found my notes behind the sugar tin
All those little rules I’d written to fit in
We crossed them out beside the window light
And let the afternoon arrive without a fight

[Pre-Chorus]
I can honor the hurt
Without giving it the wheel
I can name what I lost
And still choose what I feel

[Chorus]
I’m coming back to me
Piece by piece, steadily
I can bend, I can begin
There’s a home beneath my skin
I’m becoming what I need
Root by root, a living seed
I don’t have to disappear
To let a better self appear

[Bridge]
Not a finish line, not a flawless face
Just a softer voice that gives me space
You said, “Take your time; you’re allowed to grow”
And I believed it, quiet and slow

[Final Chorus]
I’m coming back to me
Piece by piece, steadily
I can bend, I can begin
There’s a home beneath my skin
I’m becoming what I need
Root by root, a living seed
I don’t have to disappear
To let a better self appear

[Outro]
You stayed while I learned to stay
I meet myself here, day by day