Trust Myself - complete draft

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At work today I jotted down some ideas during break and kept them rolling around in my head til tonight, wanting to finish the lyrics I had shared in my previous post. I'd love to hear your thoughts, critiques, and comments

Trust Myself

Verse 1-

I didn’t need another lesson how to trust no one

I didn’t want to see the tracks again where they’ve all run

Away

I’ve heard all of the reasons so there’s no need to explain

Even though you leave me lonely I am friends with that old pain

Hey

Hey-ay

You knew these things about me yet you knocked upon my door

You whispered that you loved me then you left me on the floor

Oh-oh

Oh, you told me you were different

And you told me you were kind

You told me that I needed someone

Who could sympathize

You rocked me back to sleep

And then you crept into my mind

Then I saw you in the nightmare

That I’ve had a thousand times

For what are dreams but all our tales

Told from another side

I’ll find the map amidst my scars

And know how to survive

Survive

Chorus-

I’m breaking free from the maze

It circled back every time

If you want someone to trust you

Then you really shouldn’t lie

I’m running, running to the beat

I finally feel inside

And after every lesson learned

I think I’ll simply trust myself

This time

Trust myself this time

Thanks to you, I’ll come to only trust myself in time

Verse 2-

I guess I thought it was normal to be raised

Tryna always second guess, and see past the haze

Aye

And after every single time, it burned in my soul

Another reason why a gal should never show

Ohh-oh

Any feeling, deep or dark, or plain elated

For whatever touched the heart’s manipulated

And I hated

How I want to think it’s better

How I want to think they change

Well I’m done with this denial

Cherry picking what is plain

And if I need someone to cry on

I’ve two shoulders just the same

When I tell you I’m a realist

You say I’m jaded for my age

You say that love is better lost

Than never had, well that’s a shame

Guess I'd rather have my back

Than be a helpless pretty dame

Hey-ey