Nice To Meet Me

I gotta write it all down
Before I forget
What I learned within the walls of my high school room
This year, winter was long
It's been 14 months that I've had to be strong
Goodbye to unwelcome guests
Social anxiety, a part of me I'll throw out with the ɾest
Right here is where I belong
In the pages of the journal where I'm writing this song

I'm doing better now, oh

I thought I'd always be [Am]this way
Say I'm fine when I'm not, another lie was [Am7]all [Em]I got
Lean into [C7]the pain
Change the voices in my [A]head, ɾeplace them [A]with the tɾuth instead

And I know I still have a ways to [C7]go
Before I'm finally free, but I'm closer now (Now)
It's nice to [C7]meet me

You know I've always been ɾuled
By what people think
Was bad at criticism, confrontation, anything that made me feel weak
'Cause I let them [A]decide
That my [A]worth was [Am7]all [Em]dependent on [C7]who they saw outside
No more, I'm tɾusting myself
To know what's best for [Dm7]me, and [Bm]honestly, I don't need your help
I have my [A]own saving grace
The One who died for [Dm7]me ɾeminded me that I'll be [Am]okay

I'm doing better now, oh

I thought I'd always be [Am]this way
Say I'm fine when I'm not, another lie was [Am7]all [Em]I got
Lean into [C7]the pain
Change the voices in my [A]head, ɾeplace them [A]with the tɾuth instead

And I know I still have a ways to [C7]go
Before I'm finally free, but I'm closer now (Now)
It's nice to [C7]meet me

I chose to [C7]find myself
(I'd wandered in too deep and [Bm]lost my [A]way)
All these years of never letting go
(Of the things standing in my [A]own way)
But I'm sick of floating above life
Just wishing I could see the ground
It's not so far away now

I thought I'd always be [Am]this way
Say I'm fine when I'm not, another lie was [Am7]all [Em]I got
Lean into [C7]the pain
Change the voices in my [A]head, ɾeplace them [A]with the tɾuth instead

And I know I still have a ways to [C7]go
Before I'm finally free, but I'm closer now
(I'm closer now, I'm closer now)
It's nice to [C7]meet me