This Is My Pride

Lyrics

[Intro] [Lead 1] You thought I’d fold when the room got cold [Lead 2] Thought I’d trade my name for a hand to hold [All] But we came too far to bow down now [Verse 1] [Lead 1] I kept your picture in a kitchen drawer Till the paper curled and I needed the space You made a promise by the grocery door Then left me standing with the change [Lead 2] I wore your silence like a borrowed coat Buttoned it up when my friends asked why But every tear I swallowed in my throat Taught me how to look you in the eye [Pre-Chorus] [Lead 3] Don’t call it stubborn when I finally choose [Lead 4] Don’t call it distance when I cut you loose [All] I know exactly what I have to lose And I won’t lose me for you [Chorus] [All] This is my pride, my pride The part of me you couldn’t break inside [Lead 1] I gave you love, you gave me lies [Lead 2] Now watch me rise with my head held high [All] This is my pride, my pride No more shrinking just to fit your life [Lead 3] You had your chance [Lead 4] Now understand [All] I’m walking out with my pride in my hands [Verse 2] [Lead 3] You liked me quiet at the dinner table Smiling sweet while you changed the facts I learned that being kind and being able To leave are not the same thing back [Lead 4] I found my voice in a late-night phone call My sister said, “Girl, don’t disappear” So I packed the dress you said was too tall And wore it out of here [Pre-Chorus] [Lead 1] Don’t call it bitter when I tell the truth [Lead 2] Don’t call it selfish when I choose my youth [All] I spent too long explaining what you knew Now I’ve got nothing left to prove [Chorus] [All] This is my pride, my pride The part of me you couldn’t break inside [Lead 3] I gave you love, you gave me lies [Lead 4] Now watch me rise with my head held high [All] This is my pride, my pride No more shrinking just to fit your life [Lead 1] You had your chance [Lead 2] Now understand [All] I’m walking out with my pride in my hands [Bridge] [Lead 2] If I forgive, it won’t be for your comfort [Lead 3] If I remember, it won’t pull me back [Lead 4] I can miss the person I imagined [Lead 1] And still refuse to live inside that trap [All] We are not the names you called us We are not the fear you left Four hearts beating, four voices rising We choose ourselves [Breakdown] [Lead 1] Say it [Lead 2] I’m enough [Lead 3] Say it [Lead 4] I’m enough [All] Say it till the whole room knows We don’t bend, we don’t break, we don’t go [Final Chorus] [All] This is my pride, my pride The part of me you couldn’t break inside [Lead 1] I gave you love, you gave me lies [Lead 2] Now watch me rise with my head held high [All] This is my pride, my pride No more shrinking just to fit your life [Lead 3] You had your chance [Lead 4] Now understand [All] I’m walking out with my pride in my hands [Outro] [Lead 1] My hands [Lead 2] My name [Lead 3] My heart [Lead 4] My way [All] This is my pride