MUSIC FOR SALE

Yeah
Take your time

I don't wake up broken anymore
I wake up honest
There's a difference baby
Learned it late

I don't chase the truth with pretty words
I let it bruise me
Let it sit right where it aches

Your name ain't poison
But it burns a little slow
Like a cigarette I never learned to roll

So if my hands start shaking
Don't you call it fear
That's just me remembering
I was real

Don't apologize for the fire in me
I kept it warm when you left me cold
I don't need saving, I needed honesty
And baby, that's a heavy load

Don't apologize for the scars I earned
I paid in truth, not borrowed pain
If loving me was too much work
That's not my shame

Not my shame no

I've been called too loud too sharp
Too much wine in a glass
But nobody complains about the storm
When the drought don't last

I learned how to laugh at my worst nights
Turn regret into smoke
Every crack in my voice is proof
I didn't choke

If I sound like I'm breaking
Listen closer dear
That's just what a backbone sounds like
When it's real

Don't apologize for the fire in me
I kept it alive through lonely years
I don't need roses or sympathy
I survived my tears

Don't apologize for the love I gave
I gave it clean I gave it whole
If you couldn't meet me halfway
That's not my soul

Maybe I loved you reckless
Maybe I stayed too long
But I never lied to your face
I never sang the wrong song

I won't rewrite my history
To make you feel alright
I'd rather stand alone in daylight
Than beg in the night

Yeah I loved you hard
Yeah I loved you true
And I won't make myself smaller
To be easier for you

So don't apologize for the fire in me
I built my life in its glow
I don't need your mercy or memory
I already know

Don't apologize for who I am
Or the way my heart remains
If loving me felt dangerous
That's the flame

Some fires don't destroy
They light the way

Yeah