Found Lyrics

Can you say that you love yourself when you hide who you are

You can't be loved

When you leave

Half of yourself

On the cutting room floor

How can you be loved if you don't love yourself

You can't hide

Who you are

Cover all your scars

Then decide to put your spirit on the shelf

That can't be love

That can't be peace

That can't be home

Love isn't just some stupid game

Where you lie and you hide and pretend

And think that you can still stay sane

Bend 'til you break and cry when you're alone

Slowly die inside your own home

That's not love it's being owned

You need to be the hero of your story

Stand in the light with all of your glory

Love yourself first and show all your worst

Then find someone who loves you as you are

And frees your soul

The only constant is change and everything that you love will be lost

You can't waste time

You can't unwind

Don't cut off pieces

Of yourself that you feel can be tossed

You won't find love if you don't embrace your past

You can't return

Forget that you were burned

And hide all you learned

Then think that someone's love for you can last

That can't be love

That can't be peace

That can't be home

Love isn't just some stupid game

Where you lie and you hide and pretend

And think that you can still stay sane

Bend 'til you break and cry when you're alone

Slowly die inside your own home

That's not love it's being owned

You need to be the hero of your story

Stand in the light with all of your glory

Love yourself first and show all your worst

Then find someone who loves you as you are

And frees your soul

If you hide who you are you can't be seen

No one can live in a home and be forced to always be perfectly pristine

Love can't be all conditions can't be a list of provisions

Can't live with inhibitions

Doesn't want imitations can't have limitations

It must be an invitation

To be yourself

And be embraced

For all you are

And who you want to be

Love isn't just some stupid game

Where you lie and you hide and pretend

And think that you can still stay sane

Bend 'til you break and cry when you're alone

Slowly die inside your own home

That's not love it's being owned

You need to be the hero of your story

Stand in the light with all of your glory

Love yourself first and show all your worst

Then find someone who loves you as you are

And frees your soul

When you allow your spirit to embrace everything that you want

You'll find in time

You don't climb

Uphill for the sublime

You will pull someone in who embraces all you flaunt

So breathe it in let it out stand tall unafraid to be seen

Hold your heart wide

Don't hide

And by your side

In the spaces where you've dared to dream

That will be love

That will be peace

That will be home