Stay When I'm Hard To Love

Mm-mm, yeah

I learned how to smile with tears in my eyes

How to survive while slowly dying inside

Gave too much love to people passing through

'Til I forgot what love was supposed to do

I carry pain like it belonged to me

Oh, my heart break like a memory

But look at me now, I'm still standing here

After all these broken years

And I don't need the world's approval anymore

If they don't understand me

That's what closed doors are for

Stay when I'm hard to love

Not just when I'm giving you all of me

'Cause women like me don't come from comfort

We come from surviving everything

Love me when my mind gets heavy

When my nights get dark and messy

I'm not perfect, I never was

But nobody will love you the way I do

So, if you want something honest

Something deeper, then just touch, mm

Take my scars and take my heart

And stay when I'm hard to love

I celebrate every part of myself now

Even the woman they judged back then somehow

'Cause every version that I had to be

Led me back home to me

And honestly, I'm finally feeling good

The way I healed, so probably should

No more shrinking to make people stay

If they leave, let them walk away

I don't need saving anymore

But your love feels safe to fall into

Stay when I'm hard to love

Not just when I'm giving you all of me

'Cause women like me don't come from comfort

We come from surviving everything

Love me when my mind gets heavy

When my nights get dark and messy

I'm not perfect, I never was

But nobody will love you the way I do, oh

So, if you want something honest

Something deeper, then just touch (mm)

Take my scars and take my heart

And stay when I'm hard to love

I made peace with my past

With the girl who begged love to last

Now I know my worth too much to ever settle for almost, and

Maybe I cry a little more these days

But at least now I don't hide my pain

'Cause strong women don't become strong by luck

We become strong because life was worth

Stay when my smile ain't shining

When my whole world feels like colapsing

When I'm overthinking at midnight

Trying to win another fight inside me

Be my calm when I feel chaos

Be my home when I feel lost (oh)

And I'll give you every part of me

That heartbreak couldn't destroy

I'm not looking for somebody perfect (ooh)

I just want somebody true (ooh)

Someone who will still hold my hand

When the hard days come into view

So, if your love is really different

If your forever isn't just talk

Then let me be your woman

And I swear to God

I won't let your heart break apart

Mm-mm, yeah

Mm