I Stopped Shrinking to Fit Songtext
von Chubb+Bits

I used to fold myself smaller
To fit inside the space they gave me
Adjusted my volume
Adjusted my edges
Adjusted everything

And one day I noticed
The shape I′d been making
Wasn't my shape at all
It was theirs

I stopped shrinking to fit
Started taking up the room I′m owed
I stopped shrinking to fit
Stopped carrying a weight that wasn't mine to hold
It didn't happen loudly
It happened one morning before anyone else was up
I stopped shrinking to fit
And for the first time I felt big enough


It′s not that the world got smaller
It′s that I got correctly sized
I stopped measuring my worth
By how little space I occupied

And the people who needed me small
Noticed the change
And some of them stayed
And some of them didn't
And both were okay

I stopped shrinking to fit
Started taking up the room I′m owed
I stopped shrinking to fit
Stopped carrying a weight that wasn't mine to hold
It didn′t happen loudly
It happened one morning before anyone else was up
I stopped shrinking to fit
And for the first time I felt big enough

Big enough to be wrong
Big enough to not explain
Big enough to disappoint someone
And not fall apart from the strain


I stopped shrinking
And kept going
I stopped shrinking
And kept going
That was the whole of the glow-up