## Metadata
**Caption:** 2000s pop rock, powerhouse female vocal, driving guitar, breakup anthem, uptempo
**BPM:** 97
**Duration:** 193.0s
**Key:** E major
**Time Signature:** 4

## Lyrics
[verse]
I used to shrink myself to fit inside your frame,
Silenced half my laughter just to play it safe and tame,
Now the door is open and the air feels new,
Funny how much bigger life became without you.

[chorus]
Now that you're not here, I can finally breathe,
Now that you're not here, I don't have to leave,
Pieces of myself I thought that I had lost,
Came back stronger, and it wasn't worth the cost.

[verse]
Turned the music up the way I always wanted,
Painted my own walls with colors you'd have hunted,
Every little freedom feels like startin' fresh,
Guess I had to lose you just to find myself.

[chorus]
Now that you're not here, I can finally breathe,
Now that you're not here, I don't have to leave,
Pieces of myself I thought that I had lost,
Came back stronger, and it wasn't worth the cost.

[bridge]
No more walkin' softly, no more holdin' back,
No more apologizin' for the joy I lack,
This is my rebuilding, brick by honest brick,
And baby, watchin' me rise, that's the plot twist.

[chorus]
Now that you're not here, I can finally breathe,
Now that you're not here, I don't have to leave,
Pieces of myself I thought that I had lost,
Came back stronger, and it wasn't worth the cost.