Weight of the Light

I’ve been staring at the mirror like it’s someone I don’t know

Every flaw’s a voice that tells me I should let it go

Try to measure up but I’m always falling short

Fighting battles in my head I can’t afford

Every step feels like I’m sinking in the ground

Every breath another way to let me down

But there’s a spark buried under all the doubt

And I can feel it trying to break out

I’m done believing every lie

That tells me I’m not worth the fight

I don’t need to be perfect to be enough

Don’t need your voice telling me who I was

I’ve been lost in the dark, but I’m waking up

There’s a fire in me I can’t give up

Even when I feel like I’m breaking apart

There’s a light still beating inside my heart

Through the shadows, through the doubt, through the fight

I’m learning how to carry the weight of the light

I’ve been chasing every version I could never be

Wearing masks just to hide what’s underneath

But the cracks are where the truth begins to show

And I’m stronger than I ever let me know

I don’t need to be someone else to breathe

I don’t need their approval over me

There’s a voice I buried deep inside my chest

Saying I don’t have to be the best

Just enough to stand my ground

Just enough to not back down

I don’t need to be perfect to be enough

Don’t need your voice telling me who I was

I’ve been lost in the dark, but I’m waking up

There’s a fire in me I can’t give up

Even when I feel like I’m breaking apart

There’s a light still beating inside my heart

Through the shadows, through the doubt, through the fight

I’m learning how to carry the weight of the light

[Bridge] (melodic → heavy build)

Maybe I was never broken

Just buried underneath

Every word I kept unspoken

Every doubt I chose to keep

Now I feel it rising up

Through the cracks I tried to hide

I was searching in the dark

But the light was always mine

[Breakdown] (heavy, anthemic)

I am enough—I’ll say it loud

Even if I don’t believe it now

I’ll fight the voice that drags me down

I won’t let it pull me underground

I am enough—through every scar

Through every doubt about who you are

You don’t have to run or hide

There’s still a light you hold inside

[Final Chorus] (big, emotional)

I don’t need to be perfect to be enough

Don’t need the past telling me who I was

I’ve been lost in the dark, but I’m rising up

There’s a fire in me I can’t give up

Even when I feel like I’m torn apart

There’s a light still beating inside my heart

Through the shadows, through the doubt, through the fight

I’m learning how to carry the weight of the light

[Outro] (soft → fading strength)

I’m still here, I’m still standing

Even when my hands are shaking

And I know I’ll find my way

Through the dark into the day