Prompt / Lyrics
Verse 1 I don’t need your arms around me I’ve seen what happens when they shake I don’t need you saying “promise” I’ve watched forever fade away I don’t need a place to run to I learned to lock my door alone I don’t need love to prove I’m breathing I’ve felt the ache inside my bones Pre-Chorus Some wounds don’t want a reason They just want space to heal Chorus I don’t need to be loved I just need to stay the same I don’t want a heart that opens Then gets scared and walks away If your love needs me smaller Needs me quiet, needs me less I don’t need to be loved I just need to feel whole Yeah, I guess Verse 2 I don’t need you watching closely Like you’re counting every flaw I don’t need the word “forever” From someone halfway out the door I’ve been held like I was temporary Like I’d vanish by the dawn Every “stay” was said too softly Every light was almost on Pre-Chorus I believe in how it starts I just don’t trust the end Chorus I don’t need to be loved I just need to stay the same I don’t want a heart that opens Then gets scared and walks away If your love needs me smaller Needs me quiet, needs me less I don’t need to be loved I just need to feel whole Yeah, I guess [Bridge (spoken / half-sung] Love never asks about the nights You lay awake just trying to breathe It doesn’t see the mess inside The parts you never let them see And if loving me feels heavy If it cracks your perfect life Don’t call your fear a calling And leave me behind Break I didn’t stop believing in love I just stopped letting it lie Final Chorus I don’t need to be loved I need to stay intact I don’t want a heart that opens Just to ask for pieces back If your love needs me smaller Needs me quiet, needs me less I don’t need to be loved I just need to be myself Yeah, myself Outro I don’t need to be loved I just need to feel whole. And thats it.
Tags
Songwriting Style, Confessional, first-person storytelling,male
Duration
3:33
Instrumental
No
Created
2/8/2026