Verse 1
Found you on a shelf where nobody looked
Worn down, beat up, but you still sounded good
Every dent tells a story I don't know
But I can feel it humming in your bones
Chorus
We don't need to be pristine
To make something that means something
Scratches, cracks, and broken seams
That's where the best songs live in me
We don't need to be pristine
We just need to be real
Verse 2
Someone loved you before I came along
Left their fingerprints all over your strings
I could sand you down and make you shine
But I'd rather keep the proof of time
Chorus
We don't need to be pristine
To make something that means something
Scratches, cracks, and broken seams
That's where the best songs live in me
We don't need to be pristine
We just need to be real
Bridge
Damage is just another word for living
For trying, for failing, for giving it everything
The world wants us polished and hollow
But I'm falling for the beautiful, broken
Outro
We don't need to be perfect
We just need to be real
We just need to be real