Why Should I Believe in You

Why Should I Believe in You

V1

I met you where the plans were cheap

Big talk, folded hands, no sleep

You said trust me, I said I do

I leaned in, wanted to believe in you

V2

I saw the doubt behind your grin

Every win felt rented, thin

You kept asking me to choose

Between my faith and your excuse

Pre1

If you won’t stand when it’s just you

Why do you ask me to believe for you

Chorus

If you don’t believe in yourself, why should I believe in you

I can’t light a fire you keep refusing to fuel

I’ll stand beside you, but won’t pull you through

If you don’t believe in yourself, why should I believe in you

V3

I backed your name in crowded rooms

Spent my credit on your costumes

Smiled through every second guess

Called it patience. Called it yes

V4

You said the world was stacked unfair

That luck just never showed up there

But every door you said was closed

Had your fingerprints all over exposed

V5

I watched you flinch before the try

Practice losing. Call it shy

You learned the sound of almost doing

Got real fluent at subduing

Pre2

How many times can hope break through

Before it learns it can’t save you

Chorus

If you don’t believe in yourself, why should I believe in you

I can’t light a fire you keep refusing to fuel

I’ll stand beside you, but won’t pull you through

If you don’t believe in yourself, why should I believe in you

V6

This wasn’t hate. It wasn’t pride

Just the cost of standing by

I got tired of being proof

For a story you kept calling a spoof

V7

You said fear was just your skin

But you wore it thick as sin

Every chance came dressed as threat

You never met the future yet

V8

I kept thinking love would bend

If I stayed long enough then

But love’s not faith with better clothes

It still needs something more than oaths

Pre3

At what point do I refuse

To believe harder than you choose

Chorus

If you don’t believe in yourself, why should I believe in you

I can’t light a fire you keep refusing to fuel

I’ll stand beside you, but won’t pull you through

If you don’t believe in yourself, why should I believe in you

V9

I stopped arguing with the past

Stopped rehearsing what didn’t last

I learned support is not control

And I can’t will you a backbone

V10

This isn’t me walking away

It’s me putting weight down today

I’m done mistaking being near

For being the thing that conquers fear

Pre4

If belief is something you lose

Why do you think I can replace your blues

Chorus

If you don’t believe in yourself, why should I believe in you

I can’t light a fire you keep refusing to fuel

I’ll stand beside you, but won’t pull you through

If you don’t believe in yourself, why should I believe in you

V11

Here’s the truth without the fight

I still want you to be alright

But hope can’t live on borrowed breath

It dies quiet. It starves to death

V12

I finally learned where I begin

Where your work stops being mine to spin

Care doesn’t mean I self-erase

To make your doubt feel safe

Pre5

So tell me now. Be honest too

Who is supposed to believe in you

Chorus

If you don’t believe in yourself, why should I believe in you

I can’t light a fire you keep refusing to fuel

I’ll stand beside you, but won’t pull you through

If you don’t believe in yourself, why should I believe in you

V13

If one day you stand without the plea

Without needing proof from me

I’ll meet you there. No residue

But belief starts first with what you see

Bridge

Belief can’t be borrowed. It’s something you prove

Belief can’t be borrowed. It starts when you move

I gave you the space. I told you the truth

I won’t believe in you more than you do

Chorus Extended

If you don’t believe in yourself, why should I believe in you

I can’t light a fire you keep refusing to fuel

I’ll stand beside you, but won’t pull you through

If you don’t believe in yourself, why should I believe in you

Cause belief can’t be borrowed. It has to be in you

Outro

I’ll still wish you well as I see this through

Belief can’t be borrowed. It starts with you