I looked wrecked You stayed I was a long night with the headlights off A bad excuse trying to pass as tough Half of a man with a guard up high Laughing too loud just to blur the static inside I had that look people learn to fear The kind that says: Don't get close in here Everybody loves you polished first You found me face-down in the dirt I gave you every reason to walk You gave me one reason to stay You had me at my worst When I was all hard corners All burnt-out words And nowhere left to turn You had me at my worst No shine, no easy version You saw what I was underneath And still you didn't leave I was a slammed door and a dead phone screen A bad habit wearing human skin Too proud to ask, too tired to fight Holding myself together by spite at night You knew the names I never said out loud The old ghosts hiding in the crowd You never asked me to be fixed You just stayed close when it all went dark I made it hard to hold on to You held on like you meant it You had me at my worst When I was all hard corners All burnt-out words And nowhere left to turn You had me at my worst No shine, no easy version You saw what I was underneath And still you didn't leave You didn't show up To save me from myself You just sat down Inside the wreck with me And maybe that was love Not clean, not bright Just someone staying When there was nothing pretty left to see So if I learn to breathe without the panic If I learn to speak without the damage If I ever become Someone I can stand to be It'll start with the night You saw the worst in me And didn't turn away You had me at my worst When I was all hard corners All burnt-out words And nowhere left to turn You had me at my worst No shine, no easy version You saw what I was underneath And still you didn't leave You had me at my worst Before the light, before the healing You saw the mess before the meaning And still you stayed with me I looked wrecked You stayed