Heartsmith - When I Love Me

{verse one}
I'll make myself smaller, small as i can
Cause maybe then you'll want me rather than
Tell me i'm too much, that i need to tone it down
If i shrink any more i'll be a bug in the ground
And i guess that makes it easy to step on me
Is that how you need it to be

{chorus}
Oh when will i learn that the people who love me
Won't need me to be easy
When will i learn that love shouldn't hurt me
And without my needs that's not love that's using
Oh when will i learn how to stop people pleasing
So that people can lovе me when i love mе

{verse two}
Why do i need everyone to like me
Before i can agree that i'm worth anything
Cause when i look around all i can see
Is that everyone is worthy just for existing
So why can't i apply that to me

{chorus}
Oh when will i learn that the people who love me
Won't need me to be easy
When will i learn that love shouldn't hurt me
And without my needs that's not love that's using
Oh when will i learn how to stop people pleasing
So that people can love me when i love me

{bridge}
You know, i don't want it to be this way
So i'll learn to love myself one day
And i guess that day may not be today
But that's okay cause it takes time
And i'll be patient with my mind

{outro}
Until i learn that the people who love me
Don't need me to be easy
And i'll learn that love shouldn't hurt me
And that it's okay to have needs
And i deserve to be loved
Not someone people are using
Oh one day i'll learn how to be pleasing to myself
And to the people who love me when i love me
People can love me when i love me