Weight Of My Mistakes

Yeah...

You ever look around and realize everything you thought would last... didn't?

The people...

The promises...

The version of yourself you used to be...

Sometimes life takes it all away.

But maybe that's not the end of the story.

Maybe losing everything teaches you what really matters.

Maybe the fire wasn't there to destroy you...

Maybe it was there to remake you.

I remember standing in the middle of the fallout

Trying to find a reason for the things I couldn't talk about

Every single promise that I built was breaking down

While I wore a fake smile underneath a heavy crown

Running through the memories, searching for a better day

Looking for the answers while the answers slipped away

Had to face the truth that I was hiding from myself

All the pain I carried couldn't stay up on the shelf

And every scar became a lesson

Every tear became a prayer

When I thought I'd lost my direction

Something stronger met me there

I walked through the ashes

Carried the weight of my mistakes

Fell down a hundred times

But I learned what it takes

Now the darkness behind me

Can't tell me who I am

I found redemption in the ruins

Now I'm stronger than I ever planned

Oh-oh-oh

Stronger than I ever planned

There were nights I sat awake wrestling with regret

Thinking about the chances and the things I can't forget

Every loss was weighing like a chain around my soul

But the pressure of the struggle started shaping me as a whole

Had to learn forgiveness wasn't weakness, it was strength

Had to walk through every mile and travel every length

Now the person in the mirror isn't who I was before

'Cause the storms that tried to break me built me stronger at the core

Every fall became a stepping stone

Every wound began to close

The road was hard and unforgiving

But it led me where I chose

I walked through the ashes

Carried the weight of my mistakes

Fell down a hundred times

But I learned what it takes

Now the darkness behind me

Can't tell me who I am

I found redemption in the ruins

Now I'm stronger than I ever planned

I lost people I loved

Lost dreams I held tight

Lost parts of myself

In the middle of the fight

But what survived the storm

Couldn't be burned away

And the person standing here today

Was forged by yesterday

I walked through the ashes

Found a fire that wouldn't die

Turned my pain into purpose

Turned my tears into light

Now I'm reaching toward tomorrow

With both feet on the ground

I found redemption in the ruins

And a strength I never found

Oh-oh-oh

I found redemption in the ruins

Oh-oh-oh

And now I'm finally found

The losses will always be part of my story...

But they don't get to write the ending.

I do.