gonna stay in bed today
'cause i can't stand the light
don't know why i get so down
i won't be much fun tonight
and i can't believe you still wanna hang around me

it's not so pretty all the time
you don't mind
to you it's alright

as i am is how you take me
never try to push or
make me different
when i talk you listen to me
as i am is how you want me and
i know i've found the piece that's missing
i'm looking at him

not the girl you think you see
but maybe that's a lie
you almost know me better than me myself and i
don't know a lot of things
but i know what i got

it's not so perfect everyday
i don't have to try
'cause it all falls into place

as i am is how you take me
never try to push or
make me different
when i talk you listen to me
as i am is how you want me and
i know i've found the piece that's missing
i'm looking at him

face to face
eye to eye
you're standing there
feels good on the inside
i don't mind
i don't care
you're standing there
seein' me for the first time
seein' me for the first time
seein' me for the first time

as i am is how you take me
never try to push or
make me different
when i talk you listen to me
as i am is how you want me and
i know i've found the piece that's missing
i'm looking at him

found the piece that's missing
take me as i am
when i talk you listen
take me as i am
found the piece that's missing
take me as i am