Don't Lose Yourself

Don't lose yourself

You gave your name to something fragile

Held it close like it was all you had

Built your home in someone else's shadow

And forgot the light you used to cast

I watched you fade behind the curtain

Of someone you were never meant to be

But I see you now, raw and uncertain

And that's a kind of honesty

Don't lose yourself, don't lose yourself

To someone else, to something else

Don't lose yourself, don't lose yourself

You're more than you ever thought you were

Don't lose yourself

Don't ever, ever lose yourself

You wore your passion like a promise

'Til it owned more of you than you knew

And when the dream began to crumble

It took a big piece of you too

But I'm still here and you're still breathing

And maybe that's enough to restart

The art of finding, the grace of keeping

The you that's always lived inside your heart

Don't lose yourself, don't lose yourself

To someone else, to something else

Don't lose yourself, don't lose yourself

You're more than you ever thought you were

Don't lose yourself

Don't ever, ever lose yourself

Strip it back to skin and soul

The quiet voice that you control

Not the praise or the applause

Not the dream that made you pause

Not the love that let you go

Not the mirror, not the show

Don't lose yourself, don't lose yourself

To someone else, to something else

Don't lose yourself, don't lose yourself

You're more than you ever thought you were

Don't lose yourself

Don't ever, ever lose yourself

I know it's hard but I know you well

You're worth the fight to know yourself

So don't lose yourself

Don't lose yourself

Don't you ever, ever lose yourself

Don't lose yourself