I Wasn’t Lost

Verse 1 I remember how it started You standing in the doorway light I was holding onto every word Like it could save my life I said stay like I was drowning Like the floor was falling through Like if you walked away from me There’d be nothing I could do Pre-Chorus I built a world around your leaving Like I wouldn’t survive But I was stronger than the story I was telling in my mind Chorus I thought I’d be lost without you Thought I’d break in two Thought the silence would undo Everything I knew I thought I’d fall forever Never find the ground But the truth is when you let go I found myself somehow I wasn’t lost I just hadn’t been found Verse 2 I used to beg for reassurance Used to measure every breath If you pulled away for a second I was bracing for the wreck I confused love with desperation Called it passion, called it fate But loving you shouldn’t mean I disappear to make you stay Pre-Chorus I built a storm around your shadow Let it thunder in my chest But I survived the crash of it And I came out stronger than the rest Chorus I thought I’d be lost without you Thought I’d break in two Thought the silence would undo Everything I knew I thought I’d fall forever Never find the ground But the truth is when you let go I found myself somehow I wasn’t lost I just hadn’t been found Bridge You leaving wasn’t the ending It was the mirror I needed to see I was asking you to save me When I had to rescue me Final Chorus I thought I’d be lost without you Thought I’d disappear Thought I’d drown in all the things I used to fear But when the door slammed shut And the quiet settled down I didn’t fade into nothing I turned it around I wasn’t lost I just hadn’t been found

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