Lion inside

I used to feel a fire burning deep inside my chest

A kind of strength that carried me when life became a mess

But somewhere in the distance I watched that feeling fade

Now every mirror shows a flaw, I hope it’s not too late

The nights are growing colder every time I try to sleep

The silence in my head is getting harder now to leave

I hear the echo of the person I was years ago

A lion with a heart that wasn’t terrified to hope

And it hurts to know

I lost the strength I had before

Every piece of who I was

I can see it’s there no more

And I search the dark

Trying to find that light again

Trying to wake the lion up

That’s somewhere deep within

Sometimes I still remember how it felt to stand up tall

Like nothing in this world could ever make me feel this small

Before the fear and loneliness became a place to hide

Before I learned how easy it could be to lose my mind

The years keep moving faster while I’m standing here the same

Trying to hold together every broken part and name

I know somewhere inside me there’s still something left alive

A voice that keeps on whispering that I still have will to fight

And it hurts to know

I lost the strength I had before

Every piece of who I was

I can see it’s there no more

And I search the dark

Trying to find that light again

Trying to wake the lion up

That’s somewhere deep within

Maybe he never left me

Maybe he’s still alive

Buried underneath the fear

And everything I have to hide

Maybe all these broken years

Never took away my soul

Maybe I just lost the path

Back to feeling whole

And it hurts sometimes

But maybe healing starts this way

Maybe every shattered piece

Can still be somehow saved

I still hear him breathing

Somewhere in the dark

Waiting there inside me

Like the heartbeat, fading spark

And maybe one day soon

When the fear is gone

I’ll finally find it in me

To let myself be strong 

And the light shines through

Every crack inside my heart

Maybe waking up the lion

Is where healing starts