I cut my hair, I changed my plans

Took that job I never wanted

Smiled in rooms that felt like sand

Every promise half-haunted

They point fingers, call it fake

They don’t see the quiet shaking

Every move a small escape

From a life that kept me breaking

We all do what we have to do

Just to make it through the day

Tiny lies we tell the truth

Till the hurt gets washed away

I’m just trying to be happy

Even if I lose my way

Let it all fall out around me

(yeah)

Just love me anyway

I stayed late, I bit my tongue

Played the hero, played the villain

Every story left half-sung

Every dream up on the ceiling

They think they could wear my skin

Like it wouldn’t feel so heavy

They throw stones at where I’ve been

But they never ask what’s empty

We all do what we have to do

Just to make it through the day

Tiny lies we tell the truth

Till the hurt gets washed away

I’m just trying to be happy

Even if I lose my way

Let it all fall out around me

(oh)

Just love me anyway

I’m not asking you to fix me

I’m just asking you to stay

Hold the mess and hold the mystery

Say you see me, see me, say

We all do what we have to do

Just to make it through the day

If my choices ever bruise you

I’ll be first to take the blame

I’m just trying to be happy

Even if I lose my way

If it all falls down around me

(hey)

Just love me anyway