So Everyone Else Has Peace

Verse 1

I wake up before the sun

Fix my face, get everyone ready

Lipstick on, damage done

I look okay, so they don’t worry

I learned how to be the calm

Even when my chest caves in

Hold the world in my palms

While I’m drowning under my skin

Pre-Chorus

They say, “girl, you’re so strong”

Like that means I don’t bend

Like I don’t cry in the bathroom

Just to walk back out again

Chorus

I fight my demons quietly

In dresses and tired eyes

I’m losing parts of my sanity

But I hold it together every time

I carry the weight so nobody breaks

I bleed in places no one can see

I’m falling apart silently

So everyone else gets peace

Verse 2

I’m the one they call at night

When the world feels too heavy

I give advice I don’t apply

Say “it’ll be okay” like I’m ready

There’s a war in my reflection

She looks fine, but she’s tired

I mastered self-protection

By setting my pain on fire

Pre-Chorus

I don’t ask for much at all

Just a moment to breathe

But I push it down and stand up tall

‘Cause someone’s counting on me

Chorus

I fight my demons quietly

With a smile and clenched hands

I’m losing grip on reality

But I do the best I can

I carry the weight so nobody breaks

I crack so nobody else bleeds

I’m falling apart silently

So everyone else gets peace

Bridge

If I ever say I’m not okay

Please don’t tell me to be strong

I’ve been strong for far too long

I just want to feel held for once

I’m a woman, not a shield

Not a lesson, not a cure

I’m allowed to feel what I feel

I’m allowed to want more

Final Chorus

I fought my demons quietly

But I don’t have to anymore

I can lay my armor down

I don’t need to win this war

I carried the weight so nobody broke

Now I’m choosing to choose me

I’m still standing, but I’m healing

And that’s my kind of bravery