Once upon a quiet childhood street
I learned that love could pack its bags and leave
Didn't take much, just the wrong kind of truth
For the ground to shake beneath my feet
I learned if I stepped outside the lines
Love could turn and leave me behind
So I kept my truth in shadows
Pretending I was fine
But now I know the weight I've carried
Didn't have to be my own
I found a love that doesn't vanish
When I can't be what they want
When I feel abandoned
I breathe and I remember
I'm not that scared little boy anymore
There are arms that hold me steady
Hearts that choose me daily
I'm safe here, I'm wanted, I'm adored
Even when the night feels endless
I remind myself again this
Isn't how the story ends
When I feel abandoned
Some friends turned into strangers
Some family closed their doors
The fear I'd carried all those years
Showed up in the flesh and more
But here in the wreckage I have found
The ones who run toward me now
And I've learned love's not a bargain I
t's a truth that can't be bound
And every time the ache returns
I let the light come through
I lean into the hands that stay
And remember what is true
When I feel abandoned
I breathe and I remember
I'm not that scared little boy anymore
There are arms that hold me steady
Hearts that choose me daily
I'm safe here, I'm wanted, I'm adored
Even when the night feels endless
I remind myself again this
Isn't how the story ends
When I feel abandoned
Love doesn't leave when you fall apart
It sits with you in the dark
The ones who stay are the proof I need
That I've been loved all along
When I feel abandoned
I breathe and I remember
I'm not that scared little boy anymore
There are arms that hold me steady
Hearts that choose me daily
I'm safe here, I'm wanted, I'm adored
Even when the night feels endless
I remind myself again this
Isn't how the story ends
When I feel abandoned
I'm not that scared little boy anymore
I am safe, I am wanted, I am adored