Anyway

A song about feeling and about feeling judged for sharing my feelings. About refusing to let anyone diminish who I am anymore. I’m done pleasing people. I’m ready to be my self. “Anyway” by Donna Campbell Sometimes my feelings are too much to hide, Sometimes I need to let them out. Sometimes my heart is pulled just like the tide, Sometimes I want to cry and shout. Sometimes I wonder if you care, Sometimes I know I overshare. Sometimes I feel judged for my transparency, Sometimes I regret my honesty. ⸻ And I keep pulling pieces back from you, Like I’m too much to let you see— But every silence cuts me deeper Than your truth could ever be. ⸻ If you don’t want all of me, my whole, I don’t need your approval. The good, the pretty, and the ugly of my soul— I won’t reshape myself for you. I can love you anyway, Even if you turn away. I can love me anyway… I can love me anyway. ⸻ Sometimes I replay every word I said, Like I could take it back in time. Sometimes I wish I kept it all unsaid, Like truth was somehow still a crime. Sometimes I build these walls so high, Sometimes I don’t know even why. Sometimes I hate how much of me is real, Sometimes I’m scared of what you feel. ⸻ And I keep shrinking just to fit your view, Like I’m too loud, too much, too free— But breaking down to make you comfortable Is slowly breaking me. ⸻ If you don’t want all of me, my whole, I don’t need your approval. The good, the pretty, and the ugly of my soul— I won’t reshape myself for you. I can love you anyway, Even if you turn away. I can love me anyway… I can love me anyway. ⸻ What if I stop apologizing For every part of me you don’t understand? What if I let my heart stay open Even if it’s never in your hands? I am not too much— I am just undone. I am not too loud— I am not the only one. ⸻ If you don’t want all of me, my whole, I don’t need your approval. The good, the pretty, and the ugly of my soul— I won’t reshape myself for you. I can love you anyway, Even if you turn away. I can love me anyway… I can love me anyway. ⸻