---------------------------- Lyrics by : Kathlene Rushing © 2025 Kathlene Rushing original music by creator – full rights owned All rights reserved. ---------------------------- [Verse 1] I wore the mask, I played the part, Built myself from broken hearts. Swallowed silence just to survive, Dimmed my light to stay alive. [Pre-Chorus] But I was never meant to shrink, To be a shadow on the brink. Every version I outgrew Was just the path to something true. [Chorus] I wasn’t meant to stay the same— I’m fire, I’m change, I’m untamed flame. Shedding layers built from fear, Becoming more with every year. I am not a wound, I’m not a name— I wasn’t meant to stay the same. [Verse 2] Each former self a stepping stone, Not a prison, not a throne. I learned the rules, then burned the script, Reclaimed the power I once slipped. [Pre-Chorus] Now I speak from my own soul, Not from what the world controls. This heart remembers who I am— Not a story, but a stand. [Chorus] I wasn’t meant to stay the same— I’m storm and stillness, joy and pain. Unraveling what kept me small, Answering my inner call. I am not a mask or game— I wasn’t meant to stay the same. [Bridge] No shame in who I used to be, Each scar a map that set me free. The raw truth burns like sacred flame— I rise again, I change the name. [Final Chorus] I wasn’t meant to stay the same— I’m spirit dancing in the rain. From silence now I find my sound, From the lost, I’ve now been found. I bless the past, release the blame— I wasn’t meant to stay the same. [Outro] No... I wasn’t meant to stay the same. I came here to rise. I came here to change.
