You Love Me Better Now

[Verse 1]
Funny, mi amor, you found your taste
Right when I learned to leave no trace
You call me calm, you call me gold
Back when I shook, you called me cold

Now you say, “God, look at you”
Like I was made this week for you
No, I got dressed in my own light
While you were loving easy nights

[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t need revenge
I just need it said
You like your women holy
Once they raise the dead

[Chorus]
You love me better now
Now that I shine alone
Now that I kiss my own hands
And call this body home

You love me better now
Now that I don’t say stay
Baby, I was worth it then
You just looked away

[Verse 2]
Now every room says I look new
Same soft mouth, same shade of blue
I only changed the way I bend
I don’t break pretty for pretend

You want the glow without the cost
The velvet voice, not what it lost
But every sweet thing on my skin
Grew around where pain had been

[Pre-Chorus]
And I forgive you, yes
That’s where it gets strange
Tender girls get sharper
When they learn their name

[Chorus]
You love me better now
Now that I shine alone
Now that I kiss my own hands
And call this body home

You love me better now
Now that I don’t say stay
Baby, I was worth it then
You just looked away

[Bridge]
So throw me flowers if you want
But love the girl who washed the floor
The one who smiled with swollen eyes
And still unlocked a better door

You can say I’m magic now
Say, mira, how you rise
But don’t call it sudden, baby
I’ve been this bright my whole life

[Final Chorus]
You love me better now
Now that I shine alone
Now that I keep my own heart warm
And make my silence home

You love me better now
Now that I don’t say please
Baby, I was heaven then
You were just late to me

[Outro]
Late roses, soft hands
New light, old scars
You love me better now
But I loved me first