Come As You Are

Verse

I feel the weight they put on your shoulders,

Whispers like knives from the so-called “molders.”

Every mistake, every scar they recall,

Try to shrink your world, try to make you small.

But listen, child, the fire inside don’t lie,

It burns through the shame, it lights the sky.

They want you perfect, they want you still,

But your heart’s alive, and it always will.

Chorus

Come as you are, with your past in your hands,

Don’t let the world dictate who understands.

Every tear, every fall, every night alone,

Built the strength, the courage you’ve always known.

Hear me—no chains can bind your heart,

Your truth, your love, your soul, your art.

Rise above what they say, step into the light,

Your life’s your story, your fight is right.

Verse

They’ll test your heart with eyes that condemn,

Try to write your story, try to condemn your stem.

But grace don’t need perfection to see your soul,

Every broken piece has made you whole.

No one gets to define your worth by the past,

Or tell you love is lost, that it can’t last.

You are a song, a fire, a living flame,

Every trial you’ve faced calls out your name.

Chorus

Come as you are, with your past in your hands,

Don’t let the world dictate who understands.

Every tear, every fall, every night alone,

Built the strength, the courage you’ve always known.

Hear me—no chains can bind your heart,

Your truth, your love, your soul, your art.

Rise above what they say, step into the light,

Your life’s your story, your fight is right.

Bridge

I say—stand tall, child of fire!

(Stand tall!)

I say—don’t let them steal your desire!

(Desire not!)

Every step, every breath, every scar you bear,

(Every scar!)

Is proof of the strength you wear!

Chorus

Come as you are, with your past in your hands,

Don’t let the world dictate who understands.

Every tear, every fall, every night alone,

Built the strength, the courage you’ve always known.

Hear me—no chains can bind your heart,

Your truth, your love, your soul, your art.

Rise above what they say, step into the light,

Your life’s your story, your fight is right.

Outro

No shame, no cage, just the fire in your veins,

Come as you are—your soul still reigns.

Every wound, every fight, every night you’ve been through,

Is the proof, the glory, the strength in you.