Coming Out of My Shell

Coming Out of My Shell

Chorus

I’m coming out of my shell

Learning how to breathe again

Letting go of who I was

To become myself

I’m done playing small

Done hiding my colors away

Yeah, I’m coming out of my shell

And I’m not afraid

Verse 1

I learned to smile without a sound

Kept my heart on lock

Built my walls from “I’m okay”

And never let them drop

I dimmed my light to fit the room

Afraid to take up space

Every mirror held a stranger

With my own eyes on my face

Pre-Chorus

But something’s shifting in my chest

Like a whisper getting loud

Every fear I used to hide behind

Is cracking open now

Chorus

I’m coming out of my shell

Learning how to breathe again

Letting go of who I was

To become myself

I’m done playing small

Done hiding my colors away

Yeah, I’m coming out of my shell

And I’m not afraid

Verse 2

I loved too hard, I trusted deep

Got burned and blamed myself

Carried shame I never earned

Like it was something else

But pain taught me how to stand

When nobody stayed

Turned every tear into a step

On the path I made

Pre-Chorus

I don’t need permission now

To shine or to be seen

The girl I used to pray to be

Is finally me

Chorus

I’m coming out of my shell

Learning how to breathe again

Letting go of who I was

To become myself

I’m done playing small

Done hiding my colors away

Yeah, I’m coming out of my shell

And I’m not afraid

Verse 3

No more whispering my truth

No more shrinking for the room

I’ll take my space

I’ll say my name

I’ve got nothing left to prove

Every scar, every break

Built the fire in my bones

I’m not broken

I was growing

I just needed time to bloom