Weight of the Light

[Verse 1]  
I’ve been staring at the mirror like it’s someone I don’t know  
Every flaw’s a voice that tells me I should let it go  
Try to measure up but I’m always falling short  
Fighting battles in my head I can’t afford  

Every step feels like I’m sinking in the ground  
Every breath another way to let me down  
But there’s a spark buried under all the doubt  
And I can feel it trying to break out  

[Pre-Chorus]  
I’m done believing every lie  
That tells me I’m not worth the fight  

[Chorus]  
I don’t need to be perfect to be enough  
Don’t need your voice telling me who I was  
I’ve been lost in the dark, but I’m waking up  
There’s a fire in me I can’t give up  

Even when I feel like I’m breaking apart  
There’s a light still beating inside my heart  
Through the shadows, through the doubt, through the fight  
I’m learning how to carry the weight of the light  

[Verse 2]  
I’ve been chasing every version I could never be  
Wearing masks just to hide what’s underneath  
But the cracks are where the truth begins to show  
And I’m stronger than I ever let me know  

I don’t need to be someone else to breathe  
I don’t need their approval over me  
There’s a voice I buried deep inside my chest  
Saying I don’t have to be the best  

[Pre-Chorus]  
Just enough to stand my ground  
Just enough to not back down  

[Chorus]  
I don’t need to be perfect to be enough  
Don’t need your voice telling me who I was  
I’ve been lost in the dark, but I’m waking up  
There’s a fire in me I can’t give up  

Even when I feel like I’m breaking apart  
There’s a light still beating inside my heart  
Through the shadows, through the doubt, through the fight  
I’m learning how to carry the weight of the light  

[Bridge] (melodic → heavy build)  
Maybe I was never broken  
Just buried underneath  
Every word I kept unspoken  
Every doubt I chose to keep  

Now I feel it rising up  
Through the cracks I tried to hide  
I was searching in the dark  
But the light was always mine  

[Breakdown] (heavy, anthemic)  
I am enough—I’ll say it loud  
Even if I don’t believe it now  
I’ll fight the voice that drags me down  
I won’t let it pull me underground  

I am enough—through every scar  
Through every doubt about who you are  
You don’t have to run or hide  
There’s still a light you hold inside  

[Final Chorus] (big, emotional)  
I don’t need to be perfect to be enough  
Don’t need the past telling me who I was  
I’ve been lost in the dark, but I’m rising up  
There’s a fire in me I can’t give up  

Even when I feel like I’m torn apart  
There’s a light still beating inside my heart  
Through the shadows, through the doubt, through the fight  
I’m learning how to carry the weight of the light  

[Outro] (soft → fading strength)  
I’m still here, I’m still standing  
Even when my hands are shaking  
And I know I’ll find my way  
Through the dark into the day

Emotional Hard Rock