[Intro] Say unto thine own heart I am mine own redeemer No sign coming down from the sky No stranger arriving when I need one I looked into the mirror And finally knew the answer was mine [Verse 1] I spent too many nights waiting on a change Thinking maybe destiny would rearrange Every broken road, every loss, every doubt Like some unseen hand would come and pull me out But time kept moving while I stayed still Hope without action never bent my will So I stopped asking when my rescue would arrive Started building what I needed to survive I cannot choose every card that I receive But I can choose what I build from what I see I can change direction, I can learn, I can grow I can leave behind the paths I’ve outgrown No prophecy required, no permission needed Every lesson hurt, but every lesson seeded Something in me stronger than the man before Now the hand upon the handle is finally yours [Pre-Chorus] I was searching for a sign While the answer wore my eyes Every road I begged to open Started opening inside [Chorus] Say unto thine own heart I am mine own redeemer I will not wait forever For the world to make me freer If I fall, I rise again If I break, I build it better No one walks these steps for me I am mine own redeemer [Verse 2] Fate can bring the weather, I decide the route Fear can speak loudly, I decide it out Circumstance can pressure every plan I make Still there comes a moment when I choose my way I used to think salvation meant escape Something reaching down to change the shape Of everything I hated, everything I feared Then I learned that change begins when I appear Not a perfect man, I carry every scar But I know responsibility reveals who you are Not by what you promise when the road is clean But the choices that you make when no one sees I stopped waiting for tomorrow to begin Stopped expecting someone else to make me win Every answer that I begged the dark to send Was a question asking what I’d do instead [Pre-Chorus] I was searching for a sign While the answer wore my eyes Every road I begged to open Started opening inside [Chorus] Say unto thine own heart I am mine own redeemer I will not wait forever For the world to make me freer If I fall, I rise again If I break, I build it better No one walks these steps for me I am mine own redeemer [Bridge] Maybe help will find me Maybe hands will guide me Maybe love will stand beside me When the distance gets uncertain But no one else can choose for me No one else can grow for me No one else can face the truth I keep avoiding underneath There are things I cannot alter There are storms I cannot steer But wherever choice remains That is where I disappear From the man who only waited Into one who finally moves I don’t need control of everything I need control of what I choose [Final Chorus] Say unto thine own heart I am mine own redeemer No deliverance without becoming No tomorrow without the seeker If I fall, I rise with knowledge If I lose, I leave there wiser I became the one I waited for When I stopped looking outside Say unto thine own heart I am mine own redeemer Whatever power still is mine I will use it while I’m breathing And when the mirror meets my eyes I know exactly who I see there Not a man awaiting rescue But his own redeemer [Outro] I waited for the world to change Then understood The first world I could change Was me
