Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I used to cancel every plan whenever you decided to call,
Changed my clothes, my friends, my schedule just to give you all.
I confused being available with proving I was real,
While you accepted my devotion without asking how I felt.
I made your favorite dinner while you stayed out past the hour,
Then let you kiss away my questions underneath the shower.
I was so afraid to lose you, I kept losing parts of me,
Until the woman in the mirror looked like somebody I couldn’t see.

[Chorus]
I won’t lose me loving you,
Won’t keep trading all my peace to keep your feelings comfortable.
I can want you, need you, make you tremble when I move,
And still refuse to disappear just to prove my love is true.
I will meet you in the middle, but I won’t crawl there bruised.
I won’t lose me loving you.

[Verse 2]
You say I’m acting different because I started saying no,
Because I won’t accept the pieces that you call giving your all.
I still want romantic evenings, still want mornings in your shirt,
Still want your hands around my waist and your voice saying it works.
But I also want my friendships, my ambitions and my name,
Want a man who adds to who I am, not one who needs me changed.
I can be devoted without placing myself last.
And I can love you in the present without dying in your past.

[Bridge]
Choosing me is not rejection; it’s the reason love can breathe.
A woman who respects herself has more honest love to give.
Meet me where I’m standing, not where silence used to live.
I won’t surrender who I am for permission to be his.

[Final Chorus]
I won’t lose me loving you,
Won’t keep sacrificing pieces just to keep us looking smooth.
I can want you, need you, make you tremble when I move,
But a love that costs my identity is one I cannot choose.
Stand beside me as my partner, not the owner of my truth.
I won’t lose me loving you.

[Outro]
I can be seductive without surrendering my standards.
I can forgive without forgetting what the lesson taught me.
I can love a man deeply and still demand that he love me correctly.
And I can walk away while my heart still wants hi