Yeah...
I had to lose who I was...
Before I could meet who I am.
Yeah.
(Verse 1)
I've been at war with the man in the mirror,
Getting so close but the vision gets clearer.
Running in circles, I'm chasing my shadow,
Heart full of gold but my hands feeling hollow.
Pain got a price and I paid it in silence,
Built me a kingdom surrounded by violence.
Talk to my soul like it's somebody else,
Asking for hope while I'm doubting myself.
Every excuse got a comfortable bed,
Every "I'll do it tomorrow" left another dream dead.
Now the clock don't tick—it cuts like a knife,
Every second asking, "Are you living... or passing through life?"
(Pre-Chorus)
If I keep hiding... I'll never be found.
Can't touch the sky with my feet on the ground.
(Chorus)
I don't wanna fade where the safe ones stay,
I don't wanna waste all my nights away.
If I fall, let me fall on the road I chose,
Not inside a house where nobody grows.
I've been chasing peace, I've been chasing change,
Found out comfort and a cage look the same.
If my heart breaks trying to become...
At least I know I didn't die undone.
(Verse 2)
I wore my doubt like a designer coat,
Covered every crack so nobody would know.
Smiled through the smoke, kept the fire disguised,
Truth hit different when I looked in my eyes.
Every setback taught another lesson,
Every wrong turn turned into direction.
Rain on my skin but the spark stayed lit,
Pressure made the diamond, I was made for this.
Now I'm done making deals with fear,
Done letting "one day" steal another year.
If the road gets dark, I'ma light my own flame,
I'd rather lose myself than never change.
(Bridge)
Maybe the mountain was never that high...
Maybe I just kept talking myself out of the climb.
Maybe the lock was never on the door...
Maybe I was scared of what's waiting beyond.
(Final Chorus)
I don't wanna fade where the safe ones stay,
I don't wanna watch my whole life escape.
Give me the scars, give me every bruise,
They're proof I had something worth losing.
When tomorrow looks me straight in the eyes...
I wanna recognise the man who survived.
(Outro)
Yeah...
The hardest goodbye...
Was never to another person.
It was to the version of me...
That was too afraid to grow.
Yeah.
AEONITH
