Let Them Misunderstand Lyrics by Mostafa Elsaadi
I used to spend my nights explaining
Every silence, every choice I made
Trying to turn my truth into a language
That everybody else could understand
I changed the edges of my story
Just to make it easier to hear
But somewhere between all those explanations
I disappear behind the field
Now I don’t need to make it simple
I don’t need to make it safe
There are parts of me that only I
Was ever meant to understand
Say what you wanna say
Paint me any way you want
I know the road beneath my feet
I know exactly where I’m going
Let them misunderstand
I don’t need to change their minds
Let them misunderstand
I don’t need their eyes to see mine
If they only know a chapter
Let them think they know the whole
I won’t trade my truth for approval
I won’t give away my soul
Let them misunderstand
Let them, let them, let them misunderstand
Let them, let them, I know, I know, I know, I know
Who I am
Some people only love a version
That never asked them to look twice
They remember who you were yesterday
And call your bro in a disguise
I’ve learned that every open door
Doesn’t mean I have to walk inside
And every voice that calls me selfish
Doesn’t know the battles I survived
I stopped defending every boundary
I stopped apologizing for the space
Peace became more important
Than being understood by everyone
Say what you wanna say
Paint me any way you want
You don’t have to see my reasons
I don’t need you to agree
Let them misunderstand
I don’t need to change their minds
Let them misunderstand
I don’t need their eyes to see mine
If they only know a chapter
Let them think they know the whole
I won’t trade my truth for approval
I won’t give away my soul
Let them misunderstand
Let them, let them, let them misunderstand
Let them, let them, I know, I know, I know, I know
Who I am
Maybe freedom isn’t being loved by everybody in the room
Maybe freedom is standing quietly when someone chooses not to understand you
No more proving, no more pleading, no more shrinking to fit somebody else’s view
I know my heart, I know my scars, I know the distance I’ve already traveled
Let them misunderstand
I finally made my peace with that
Let them misunderstand
I don’t need to answer every attack
They, they can keep their version of me
They, they can tell whatever story they choose
I will keep walking with the truth
That I was never there to lose
Let them misunderstand I know who I am
Let them misunderstand I know, I know who I am
Let them talk, let them watch
Let them think they know me
Who I am I know who I am
Who I am
Who I am