Stranger To Myself

Lyrics

Verse 1
Sat alone at the edge of the group
Laughing late
But I’m out of the loop
Every smile feels like a costume
Zipped up tight in the back room

Face in the glass that I don’t recognize
Trying on lives like they’re different sizes
Name tag peeling off my chest
Can’t tell which version fits best

Chorus
I was a stranger to myself
Lost in a crowd on some high shelf
But I’m coming down
I’m coming clean
I don’t have to know what every word means
To be
To be
I’m learning that it’s okay
To be me
Unfinished and halfway

Verse 2
Walked outside
Took the long way home
Let the night ask me where I belong
Every doubt like a stone in my shoe
Kicking them off one by one as I move

Maybe I don’t need a perfect plan
Maybe I just need my own two hands
To hold the fear when it shakes me
Tell it soft
“You don’t own me”

Chorus
I was a stranger to myself
Lost in a crowd on some high shelf
But I’m coming down
I’m coming clean
I don’t have to know what every word means
To be
To be
I’m learning that it’s okay
To be me
Unfinished and halfway

Bridge
What if outside
Is where I start
What if this space
Is sacred
Is art
I am the question
I am the key
I’m not broken
I’m becoming

Chorus
I was a stranger to myself
Lost in a crowd on some high shelf
But I’m here now
And I can breathe
I don’t have to fit to finally be
To be
To be
I don’t need their map to say
I can be me
Right here in the in-between