Lose Myself

I used to do it for the love a long time ago
 And all I ever wanted was love
 I used to love without fear a long time ago
 And all I ever wanted was love
 Then somebody came around and tried to hurt me
 Tried to make me feel like I was unworthy
 Took pure love and tried to make you dirty
 Truth was, that he never did deserve me no
 I had to lose myself
 So I can love you better
 I had to lose myself
 I had to lose myself
 So I can love you better
 I had to lose myself
 I had to lose myself
 So I can love you better
 Lose myself in love
 And that's just the way it is
 You couldn't tell me I was loved when I needed it
 When all I ever wanted was love
 Should've told me just because you were the receiving end
 But all I ever wanted was love
 There's something about the selflessness it takes to
 Give love and the good that it makes you
 True love can never really forsake you
 But it took a little while just for me to see
 I had to lose myself
 So I can love you better
 I had to lose myself
 I had to lose myself
 So I can love you better
 Lose myself in love
 And that's just the way it is
 I had a paraplegic fear of facing failure
 And I couldn't love you perfectly with fear in my head
 So I perilously had to face the danger
 So I could come back and love you whole instead
 I love you
 So I can love you better
 I had to lose myself
 I had to lose myself
 So i can love you better
 I had to lose myself
 I had to lose myself
 So i can make it better
 Lose myself in love
 And that's just the way it is
 And so it goes that I never meant to hurt you
 Couldn't stay but I never meant to desert you
 Whole lot of things that I just had to work through
 Time to heal and restore myself
 Confrontation of my fears and anxiety
 Cried a whole lot of years I suffered quietly
 I know it may have taken years, I can finally
 Tell you that you were always on my mind
 I had to lose myself
 So I can make it better
 I had to lose myself
 I had to lose myself
 So I can make it better
 I had to lose myself
 I had to lose myself
 So I can make it better
 Lose myself in love
 And that was just the way it is
 It takes strength to absorb all the abuse I did
 Greater love to absorb all of the misuse I did
 Hey baby it's not an excuse I did
 And I'd do it all again because for you I live
 It takes strength to absorb all the abuse I did
 Greater lover to absorb all of the abuse I did
 Hey baby it's not an excuse I did
 And I'd do it all again because for you I live
 I had to lose myself
 So I can make it better
 I had to lose myself
 I had to lose myself
 So I can make it better
 I had to lose myself
 I had to lose myself
 So I can make it better
 I had to lose myself
 I had to lose myself
 So I can make it better
 Lose myself in love
 And that was just the way
 And that was just the way it is