I Grow Anyway Songtext
You never asked me how I felt
You only checked if I was there
And every silence that you dealt
I swallowed like I didn't care
I told myself, this is enough
Just being close to where you breathe
But love that's built on almost-love
Is just a wound that doesn't bleed
And still I stayed. And still I came
You only checked if I was there
And every silence that you dealt
I swallowed like I didn't care
I told myself, this is enough
Just being close to where you breathe
But love that's built on almost-love
Is just a wound that doesn't bleed
And still I stayed. And still I came
Back to your door, back to your name
Every time you let me go
I found a way you'd never know
I grow anyway, I grow anyway
Even in the dark you leave me in
I makе a home out of the hurt
I find the light insidе the dim
I grow anyway, I grow anyway
Don't ask me why I'm still around
I turned the love you couldn't give
Into the reason that I'm proud
You said, "You're fine, you're always fine"
And smiled before I got to speak
And I believed you every time
'Cause wanting you had made me weak
You picked me up then put me down
Like something pretty on a shelf
And I kept coming back to you Like I'd forgotten how to love myself
But something in me wouldn't break
Wouldn't beg, wouldn't fake
Something quiet, something real
Grew beneath everything I'd feel
I grow anyway, I grow anyway
Even in the dark you leave me in
I make a home out of the hurt
I find the light inside the dim
I grow anyway, I grow anyway
Don't ask me why I'm still around
I turned the love you couldn't give
Into the reason that I'm proud
I don't need you to understand
The way I loved you like a fool
I don't need you to hold my hand
Or say the things I wanted you to
Maybe love was never fair
Maybe I gave more than my share
But every part of me that grew
Grew from loving someone like you
Not with anger, not with blame
Just a boy who learned his name
Wasn't "Waiting."
Wasn't "Almost."
Wasn't background to your flame
I grow anyway, I grow anyway
Not because you stayed, but 'cause you left
I found the version of myself
That didn't need you to be best
I grow anyway, I grow anyway
And maybe that's the hardest part
That the love that hurt me most
Was the one that grew my heart
I still think of you sometimes
Not with longing. Not with pain
Just the way you think of rain
After the drought is finally done
You were the season I survived
And I'm still here
Still growing
Every time you let me go
I found a way you'd never know
I grow anyway, I grow anyway
Even in the dark you leave me in
I makе a home out of the hurt
I find the light insidе the dim
I grow anyway, I grow anyway
Don't ask me why I'm still around
I turned the love you couldn't give
Into the reason that I'm proud
You said, "You're fine, you're always fine"
And smiled before I got to speak
And I believed you every time
'Cause wanting you had made me weak
You picked me up then put me down
Like something pretty on a shelf
And I kept coming back to you Like I'd forgotten how to love myself
But something in me wouldn't break
Wouldn't beg, wouldn't fake
Something quiet, something real
Grew beneath everything I'd feel
I grow anyway, I grow anyway
Even in the dark you leave me in
I make a home out of the hurt
I find the light inside the dim
I grow anyway, I grow anyway
Don't ask me why I'm still around
I turned the love you couldn't give
Into the reason that I'm proud
I don't need you to understand
The way I loved you like a fool
I don't need you to hold my hand
Or say the things I wanted you to
Maybe love was never fair
Maybe I gave more than my share
But every part of me that grew
Grew from loving someone like you
Not with anger, not with blame
Just a boy who learned his name
Wasn't "Waiting."
Wasn't "Almost."
Wasn't background to your flame
I grow anyway, I grow anyway
Not because you stayed, but 'cause you left
I found the version of myself
That didn't need you to be best
I grow anyway, I grow anyway
And maybe that's the hardest part
That the love that hurt me most
Was the one that grew my heart
I still think of you sometimes
Not with longing. Not with pain
Just the way you think of rain
After the drought is finally done
You were the season I survived
And I'm still here
Still growing
