From the recording FRAZZLED FRIED AND LOST
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I chased the gold
I wore the crown,
But when the
lights went out
I still fell down.
I tore the heart
out of my own song,
Then blamed the silence
for being wrong.
[Chorus]
I don't want to be better
at breaking me,
I don't want to wear shame
like a legacy.
I'm tired of digging graves
inside my chest
I just want to be different
not the best.
[Verse 2]
I told the stars
they didn’t shine,
When they hung for me
this whole damn time.
I shed the doubt
and let it go,
Till it swallowed
all the good I know.
[Chorus]
I don't want to be better
at breaking me,
I don't want to wear shame
like a legacy.
I'm tired of digging graves
inside my chest
I just want to be different
not the best.
[Verse 3]
I tried to fix
what wasn’t mine,
Wrote love in chalk
on borrowed time.
Gave away
my only skin,
Just to feel touch
Another sin
Chorus
I don't want to be better
at breaking me,
I don't want to wear shame
like a legacy.
I'm tired of digging graves
inside my chest
I just want to be different
not the best.
[Bridge]
Now I know the weight
was mine to bear,
I traded truth
for sin and flare
To find the light
lost in the dark,
I heard a voice
that was just a spark.
[Verse 4]
Now I know
what I didn’t then,
That strength begins
where losses end.
I let the past
burn clean and bright,
I could stand
whole and bright
Not alone in the light
[Chorus]
I don't want to be better
at breaking me,
I don't want to wear shame
like a legacy.
I'm tired of digging graves
inside my chest
I just want to be different
not the best.
[Outro spoken]
I didn’t want
to give you a better me
I wanted for us
A Different me
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