Permission (Stripped) Lyrics

I couldn't force it

When it was never mine

I should've seen the line in the sand

Play the cards in my hand

So what do we do now?

No, it's "what do I do now?"

I'll admit it, this one's on me

I couldn't fit what I wanted to see

But I, I can't keep chasing when I'll just be racing the same track

Going round and round

And I, I'm gonna face it I'm no longer bracing for impact this time

I give myself permission, permission

To release it, release it

And permission to grieve it

Cause I needed to leave it behind

(Behind, no behind)

I couldn't save it

Cause it was never alive, no

A false paradise from a narrative

Of one sided promises

And I wanted it so bad

But it wasn't mine to have

I tried to walk where I couldn't see

Tripping over what wasn't for me

And I, I can't keep chasing when I'll just be racing the same track

Going round and round, yeah

And I, I'm gonna face it I'm no longer bracing for impact this time

I give myself permission, permission

To release it, release it

And permission to grieve it

Cause I needed to leave it behind, yeah

Count to ten, breathe it in

Do whatever you need to do to keep it moving yeah

Count to ten, breathe it in

Do whatever you need to do to keep it moving girl

We got to keep moving

We got to keep moving, yeah

I give myself permission, permission

To release it, release it

And permission to grieve it

Cause I needed

To give myself permission, permission

To release it, release it

And permission to grieve it

Cause I needed

To give myself permission, permission

To release it, release it

And permission to grieve it

Cause I needed to leave it behind

Leave it behind

Leave it behind, yeah