Some people need somebody by their side
Just to feel like they're leading life
They shift their shape to match the room
Still searching for something true

They come alive when they're lifted up
Then fade away when it's not enough
Never quite learning how to stand
Without another guiding hand

And some will call it love or fate
But lose themselves along the way
Confuse control with being safe
While giving more than they can take

Don't trade your self-respect for attention
Don't lose yourself chasing affection
Pretty face don't mean it's safe
If it costs your peace, it's a heavy price to pay

If you give too much, you disappear
And call it love while drowning in fear
You set yourself up to lose
When you forget how to value you

There are those who push real love away
For something new that feels like it'll stay
They silence voices that speak the truth
Just to protect what they might lose

They never learned how to hold their ground
So they let new voices talk them down
And cut off roots that held them steady
For something temporary

Some truths are hard for hearts to face
So they reshape them into something safe
But comfort built on fragile ground
Won't stay around

Don't trade your self-respect for attention
Don't lose yourself chasing affection
Pretty face don't mean it's safe
If it costs your peace, it's a heavy price to pay

If you give too much, you disappear
And call it love while drowning in fear
You set yourself up to lose
When you forget how to value you

It's never love if it divides
Or makes someone choose sides
Real love don't take control
Or cost somebody their soul

And walking away ain't a game
Sometimes it's how people stay the same
That's not control, that's self-respect
Something some never get

Don't trade your self-respect for attention
Don't build your life on someone's permission
If they make you choose, they're bound to lose
That's not love, that's a fuse

If you give too much, you disappear
And call it love while drowning in fear
You set yourself up to lose
When you forget how to value you

Don't be scared… don't let them run you
Some lessons come when it's too late to undo
It's hard watching what some people do…
When they forget how to value you…