Another state of me

Verse 1:

I learned the sound of doors that close too soon,

The echo of a hope that left the room.

Every fall became familiar ground,

Where broken dreams make a steady sound.

Each time I rose, the world pushed back,

So failure slowly filled the cracks.

What hurt before began to feel like home,

A place I knew, a place I’d grown.

Pre-Chorus:

At first I fought, I swore I’d rise above,

But losses whispered, this is what you’re made of.

Chorus:

Maybe defeat is where I belong,(where I belong)

Not just a moment, but where I’ve been all along.

If pain is the rhythm and doubt is the key,

Then losing feels like a way to be.

Another way to breathe,

Another way to see,

Maybe this is just another state of me.(state of me)

Verse 2:

I stopped expecting the sky to stay blue,

Started rehearsing the worst coming true.

Hope felt louder when it walked away,

So I learned the quiet language of gray.

I measured time by what went wrong,

And called that weakness growing strong.

When every win felt strange and brief,

I trusted more in slow defeat.

Pre-Chorus:

I wore the weight till it fit like skin,

When every end feels like where you begin.(where you begin)

Chorus:

Maybe defeat is where I belong,

Not just a moment, but where I’ve been all along.

If pain is the rhythm and doubt is the key,

Then losing feels like a way to be.

Another way to breathe,

Another way to see,

Maybe this is just another state of me.

Bridge:

But somewhere deep where the silence stays,

A quiet voice survives the days.

It asks how broken I must fall

If I am still here through it all.

If loss was all I’d ever known,

Why hasn’t hope completely gone?

Break:

I lived so long inside the low,

I thought there was nowhere else to go.

But even night, no matter how deep,

Still holds a dawn it has to keep.

Final Chorus:

Maybe defeat was where I stayed,

Not who I am, just a role I played.

If scars are proof that I still can be,

Then healing is another state of me.

Another way to breathe,

Another way to see,

I’m more than what the losses made of me.

Outro:(repeat x2)

So if I fall, I know the ground,

But now I know I can turn around.

Defeat was a place my heart could see,

But it was never the whole of me.