The Rest of My Story Lyrics

I didn't have a picture-perfect start

My days began in shadows in the dark

But I learned the hard way the pain and the scars

That life isn't written in the stars

The past is just a chapter a page that I turn

It's not who I am it's what I've learned

I'm not defined by the start of my tale

It's the road ahead where I'll prevail

It's the rest of my story where I choose to go

The path that I walk the seeds that I sow

I'll rise from the ashes I'll stand and I'll fight

For the rest of my story is mine to write

Every stumble every fall

Has taught me to rise to stand tall

I won't let the past hold me down

I'm reaching for the light for the crown

The pain in my heart it's made me strong

I know where I'm going I know I belong

It's not about where I began

It's the future I'm building with my own hands

It's the rest of my story where I choose to go

The path that I walk the seeds that I sow

I'll rise from the ashes I'll stand and I'll fight

For the rest of my story is mine to write

I'll carve out a future with hope as my guide

No longer a victim I'll walk with pride

The beginning's behind me the ending's unknown

But I'll make sure the journey's my own

So here's to the battles the tears that I've shed

They've paved the way for the road up ahead

The past is just a memory it's part of my song

But the rest of my story is where I belong

It's the rest of my story where I choose to go

The path that I walk the seeds that I sow

I'll rise from the ashes I'll stand and I'll fight

For the rest of my story is mine to write