"i found me" lyrics

I gave you all of me, even the parts I should have saved
Stayed when I knew better
But love had me looking the other way
You had me doubting myself
Shrinking just to make you feel tough
But I had to lose that version of me
To remember who I was at all

I cried in silence
I broke behind a smile
But I ain't even flinch
When I deleted your name from my diary

I found me in the ruins you left
Built back stronger with every breath
You thought I'd break, but baby, I rose
Turned my pain into glitter and gold
Now I walk like I know what I'm worth
You were the lesson, but I'm the rebirth
Say what you want, I don't lose sleep
I lost you, but I found me

You made me question my shine
Dimmed me just to glow
Took every answer, my love
And left me in the cold
But I lit candles in the dark
Spoke life back into my name
I'm not the girl you used to bend
I'm the woman who walked away

I wear my healing like designer
Glowing up, feeling finer
You miss the girl you could control
But she packed up her pain and let it go

I found me in the wreckage and fire
Rose from the ashes, climbed even higher
You thought you broke me, but I became free
The version of me you never believed I'd be

So keep your lies and your empty peace
I lost you
But I found me