I gave you the best of my quiet years Spoke in a language you never could hear I carried your storms like they were my own But love can't be built on a heart made of Stone Now I'm breathing in colors I thought were gone The weight disappeared when I moved on I needed to lose you to find me Break free where I should be I painted my heart in the colors I choose Learned how to win in the moment I lose No chains, no games Just my own fire in this maze I needed to lose you to find me To shine in the light of who I can be I once tried to fit in the shape of your dream But I drowned in the tide of what you made me Seem Now I'm learning to sing in a brighter tone And for the first time I stand here alone Every scar has a lesson it longs to teach And I only grew when you slipped from reach I needed to lose you to find me Break free where I should be I painted my heart in the colors I choose Learned how to win in the moment I lose No chains, no games Just my own fire in this maze I needed to lose you to find me To shine in the light of who I can be Now the night doesn't frighten, it guides me Instead I dream with a fire that no longer needs to be Fed And though I once loved you, I finally see The greatest salvation was finding me I needed to lose you to find me Break free where I should be I painted my heart in the colors I choose Learned how to win in the moment I lose No chains, no games Just my own fire in this maze I needed to lose you to find me To shine in the light of who I can be