This song grew out of my complicated relationship with community, especially communities built through creativity, vulnerability, and shared effort. Some things end. Some things break. But even when they don’t last forever, they can still be worth the love, labor, and hope that created them.

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I said, "I am gutted"
And I meant every word
Not because a platform changed
But because I heard
All the rooms inside me
Start to lose their shape
All the hands that built a home
Bracing for the scrape

[Verse 2]
There were meetings full of mercy
There were worlds where people stayed
There were hours stitched together
By the trust that strangers made
There were names I still remember
There were nights that kept us whole
There were places made of pixels
That held pieces of a soul

[Pre-Chorus]
And maybe that sounds foolish
To people looking in
But some of us found life there
Some of us could breathe again

[Chorus]
We were worth it
We were worth the care
Worth more than a "for now"
Worth more than empty air
Worth more than maintenance
Worth more than moving on
If I keep trying, it's because
I know what we became was real and strong

[Verse 3]
This week moved like weather
Too fast to understand
Faces, names, and messages
Reaching for my hand
And I don't want to be a symbol
I don't want to be a cry
I just wanted someone powerful
To look us in the eye

[Pre-Chorus]
And say, "We know we hurt you"
And mean it all the way
Not flinch because the backlash came
Then slowly look away

[Chorus]
We were worth it
We were worth the care
Worth all the awkward tenderness
Of learning how to bear
Each other through the darkness
Each other through the unknown
If I keep speaking, it's because
I cannot let them say we weren't worth home

[Bridge]
I wrote to people who had wounded me
Not because the wound was gone
But because I could not stand
To let the last light disappear alone
And maybe that is mercy
Or maybe just grief with a name
But I would rather reach with an open hand
Than become the thing that made this pain

[Final Chorus]
We were worth it
We were worth the fight
Worth more than a product road map
Worth more than one more night
Of saying "that's just business"
While everything turns cold
No, I will keep a candle here
For every story still being told

[Outro]
So if you find me trembling
Know I'm trembling with the truth
There was love inside these worlds
And that love deserved its proof