Forgive the Girl (version 2)

New theme — self-forgiveness and releasing perfectionism, an angle we haven't hit yet in this set.

Intro

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Verse 1

Spent years grading myself on a curve nobody set

Punishing every little thing I didn't get

Perfect was the goal until I realized the cost

Chasing a finish line that was never really lost

I used to apologize for taking up the space

For showing up human with a flawed and tired face

Now I'm learning grace is a muscle, not a gift

Something that you build up, something that you lift

Pre-Chorus

And it's hard to set the standard down

(set it down, set it down)

But I'm done drowning trying to wear a crown

(set it down, set it down)

Chorus

I forgive the girl who didn't know any better

I forgive the nights I let the pressure get clever

I'm not perfect, never was, never had to be

This the sound of finally setting myself free

(uh, oh-oh)

I forgive the girl who didn't know any better

(uh, oh-oh)

I forgive the nights I let the pressure get clever

Verse 2

I used to keep a list of every single flaw

Studied my mistakes like they were sacred law

Now I'm keeping receipts of the ways I showed up brave

Instead of cataloging every single wave

I made when I was scared, when I was learning how to swim

Grace don't mean you got it perfect, grace means you begin

Again and again, every single time you fall

Forgiveness isn't weak, forgiveness is the hardest call

Pre-Chorus

And it's hard to set the standard down

(set it down, set it down)

But I'm done drowning trying to wear a crown

(set it down, set it down)

Chorus

I forgive the girl who didn't know any better

I forgive the nights I let the pressure get clever

I'm not perfect, never was, never had to be

This the sound of finally setting myself free

(uh, oh-oh)

I forgive the girl who didn't know any better

(uh, oh-oh)

I forgive the nights I let the pressure get clever

Bridge

Set it down

(set it down)

Let it go

(let it go)

I don't need to earn my softness

That's a thing I always know

Chorus

I forgive the girl who didn't know any better

I forgive the nights I let the pressure get clever

I'm not perfect, never was, never had to be

This the sound of finally setting myself free

(uh, oh-oh)

I forgive the girl who didn't know any better

(uh, oh-oh)

I forgive the nights I let the pressure get clever

Outro

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Setting myself free

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