i am what i am

[Verse 1]
I talk nonstop with my closest of friends,
But with a stranger my speaking just ends.
I am quite shy, but my bold habits blend,
Between my books and the parties they send.
[Verse 2]
Sitting at lunch talking about my crush,
Saying “she's cute” in a soft quiet rush.
Seconds later I sacrifice my sleep,
For this team and the promises I keep.
[CHORUS]
I am what I am, a hundred people split in half,
With my mother's heavy tears and my sister's laugh.
They call me sublime while I'm just fighting for air,
Trying to be perfect everywhere.
I'm a first-place winner on the edge of a leap,
But I am what I am, and I have promises to keep.
[Verse 3]
Assignments are done long before they're due,
Science Olympiad takes my sleeping too.
But when the sky is a different shade than blue,
I look up and I wonder what is true.
[Verse 4]
I am perfect according to their test,
Blonde hair, straight A's, and medals on my chest.
But when nobody looks my mind will stray:
“I should do better,” is all I can say.
[CHORUS]
I am what I am, a hundred people split in half,
With my mother's heavy tears and my sister's laugh.
They call me sublime while I'm just fighting for air,
Trying to be perfect everywhere.
I'm a first-place winner on the edge of a leap,
But I am what I am, and I have promises to keep.
[BRIDGE]
I am the older sister to a girl in the seventh grade,
We sit around and laugh about her classmates and their drama.
I am the niece of many, and the cousin of even more,
Shouting at the dogs, or baking for too many every summer.
I'm the daughter of a mother who feels everything too deeply,
Curious that I am her in hot tears when I'm furious.
But for all of my faults, can I be forgiven?
Or is this all I am, and all that I've been given?
[CHORUS]
I am what I am, a hundred people split in half,
With my mother's heavy tears and my sister's laugh.
They call me sublime while I'm just fighting for air,
Trying to be perfect everywhere.
I'm a first-place winner on the edge of a leap,
But I am what I am, and I have promises to keep.

Soft Pop, Female Vocals, Introspective, Acoustic Guitar, Piano