Everything I lost

I built my whole life around dreams that weren't mine,

Held onto forever with white-knuckle hands.

Then the walls came down one by one,

And I couldn't understand.

I thought I was losing everything,

Every plan I'd ever made.

But broken roads have funny ways

Of leading where we're meant to stay.

Now I know some endings

Are just beginnings in disguise.

It took losing everything I thought I wanted

To find everything I needed all along.

To love the girl staring back in the mirror,

To find a heart that finally felt like home.

And then I found my favorite person—

The one my soul already knew.

You may never choose me,

But I'll always be thankful for you.

You didn't stay to be my forever,

You came to change who I'd become.

You showed me love starts inside me,

Not in someone else's arms.

Now I'm walking taller,

Even with your goodbye.

Because loving you somehow

Taught me how to love my own life.

Maybe we weren't meant to end up together,

Maybe we were meant to collide.

You were the spark that lit the fire,

Not the place where it would survive.

It took losing everything I thought I wanted

To become the woman I was meant to be.

You'll always be my favorite person,

Even if you never choose me.

Some people stay forever...

Some save your life by letting you leave.

And I'll love you for that...

For the rest of mine.