Lose You to Find Me

I gave you the best of my quiet years

Spoke in a language you never could hear

I carried your storms like they were my own

But love can't be built on a heart made of stone

Now I'm breathing in colors I thought were gone

The weight disappeared when I moved on

I needed to lose you to find me

Break free where I should be

I painted my heart in the colors I choose

Learned how to win in the moment I lose

No chains, no games

Just my own fire in this maze

I needed to lose you to find me

To shine in the light of who I can be

I once tried to fit in the shape of your dream

But I drowned in the tide of what you made me seem

Now I'm learning to sing in a brighter tone

And for the first time I stand here alone

Every scar has a lesson it longs to teach

And I only grew when you slipped from reach

I needed to lose you to find me

Break free where I should be

I painted my heart in the colors I choose

Learned how to win in the moment I lose

No chains, no games

Just my own fire in this maze

I needed to lose you to find me

To shine in the light of who I can be

Now the night doesn't frighten, it guides me instead

I dream with a fire that no longer needs to be fed

And though I once loved you, I finally see

The greatest salvation was finding me

I needed to lose you to find me

Break free where I should be

I painted my heart in the colors I choose

Learned how to win in the moment I lose

No chains, no games

Just my own fire in this maze

I needed to lose you to find me

To shine in the light of who I can be