Amanda

I carried the pain where nobody could see

Behind an outgoing smile, hiding what was breaking me

Through the years behind bars, through the friends that I lost

To the edge of the overdose, paying the cost

The twisted steel of a wreck in the night

Losing my kids, almost losing the fight

But I kept my head just above the dark tide

A recovering soul with nothing to hide

I am more than the wreckage, more than my past

More than the shadows that the hard years cast

Sometimes the hardest thing a woman can do

Is love herself enough to walk away from you

I can miss what we had, but I know my own worth

I've survived every hell they could throw on this earth

I don't have to live broken, I'm taking my stand

I'm keeping my head above water again

I loved with my whole heart, even when it would bleed

I stayed and forgave, ignoring my own needs

I questioned my value while I fell apart

Trying to prove the pure truth of my heart

But I'm done giving pieces of my soul just to keep

Somebody else warm while I quietly weep

I can be patient, adventurous, free

Without losing the core of what makes me, me

I am more than the wreckage, more than my past

More than the shadows that the hard years cast

Sometimes the hardest thing a woman can do

Is love herself enough to walk away from you

I can miss what we had, but I know my own worth

I've survived every hell they could throw on this earth

I don't have to live broken, I'm taking my stand

I'm keeping my head above water again

No fake happy endings, no pretending it's fine

I've walked through the fire, and the scars are all mine

But I'm still here growing, I'm learning to heal

Protecting my peace, demanding what's real

Amanda, you made it, you're finding your way

You don't have to break just to make someone stay

'Cause I'm more than the wreckage, more than my past

More than the shadows that the hard years cast

Sometimes the hardest thing a woman can do

Is love herself enough to walk away from you

I can miss what we had, but I know my own worth

I've survived every hell they could throw on this earth

I don't have to live broken, I'm taking my stand

I'm keeping my head above water again