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
Angela_M_19
