[Verse 1 ] I traced the lines, the damage I had done A heavy burden weighed beneath the sun But I am not the wreckage of my past This breath I take right now could be my last I used to think the hurt was all I knew A self-made prison I was born into But chains are only strong until you see The lock was always held inside of me [Pre-Chorus] I don't have to carry this anymore I don't have to be what I was before [Chorus] I AM NOT THE ACHE I BRING! I AM NOT SOME BROKEN THING! I WILL HEAL THIS HURT INSIDE! I WILL LAY THE PAST TO RISE! THIS LIGHT I CHOOSE! [Verse 2] I need to sit with silence for a while Learn to face the mirror, learn to smile Not for anyone but for my own soul To finally feel like I am whole I can't pour from a cup that's running dry Can't build a home on ground where foundations lie So I'll do the work, I'll walk this road alone Until I'm strong enough to share a home [Pre-Chorus] I don't have to live inside the shame I can learn to speak a different name [Chorus] I AM NOT THE ACHE I BRING! I AM NOT SOME BROKEN THING! I WILL HEAL THIS HURT INSIDE! I WILL LAY THE PAST TO RISE! THIS LIGHT I CHOOSE! [Bridge] The past is just a chapter, not the book The pain is just a wound, not how I look I'm learning to forgive the one I was To give the one I'm becoming a better cause My present is a gift I finally see My future is a place I'm meant to be Not running from the ghosts that haunt my mind But walking forward, leaving them behind (Guitar Solo.) [Final Chorus] I AM NOT THE ACHE I BRING! I AM NOT SOME BROKEN THING! I WILL HEAL THIS HURT INSIDE! I WILL LAY THE PAST TO RISE! I AM STRONGER THAN THE PAIN! I WILL LEARN TO LOVE AGAIN! NOT FOR ANYONE BUT ME! I AM FINALLY FREE! THIS LIGHT I CHOOSE! [Outro] I choose to heal… I choose to grow… I choose to love myself… Before I love someone else… … This light I choose.
