UNBROKEN

Yeah… Some nights I don't recognize myself. Some mornings I don't wanna face the world. But I'm still here… NOVA. I wake up feeling like I never went to sleep, A thousand little secrets that I'm trying hard to keep. Everybody's smiling through a picture-perfect screen, While I'm fighting with a version of myself I've never been. I got a million conversations running through my head, A hundred things I should've done, a thousand words unsaid. They tell me that I'm lucky, tell me everything is fine, But they never see the battles that I'm fighting in my mind. I've been chasing everybody else's definition of success, Trying to make a masterpiece while living in a mess. I was scared to show the cracks, afraid they'd see me fall, So I built another version just to please them all. Now I'm standing in the mirror, looking straight into my eyes, Trying to find the person underneath a thousand lies. Maybe I don't have the answers, maybe I don't know the way, But I'm learning how to breathe and make it through another day. And when the lights go down, And there's nobody around, I can hear a little voice inside Saying I should keep on trying. You can't break me, I'm still standing here, Even when I'm drowning in a sea of fear. I've been falling, I've been losing ground, But I always find a way to turn it around. You can't break me, I'm not giving in, I've got a thousand scars underneath my skin. And if the whole world turns its back on me, I'll find the strength to be who I'm meant to be. I remember sitting lonely with the curtains closed, Writing down my feelings that I never really showed. Everybody had opinions, everybody had advice, But nobody had to live inside my head at night. They were telling me to change, telling me to fit the mold, Telling me to chase the money, telling me to chase the gold. I was running after things I didn't even wanna own, Till I looked around one morning and I didn't feel at home. And I know I've made mistakes, yeah, I've made more than a few, I've been angry at the people who were only passing through. I've been jealous, I've been selfish, I've been desperate to be seen, I've been everything I promised that I never would have been. But I'm tired of pretending I was born without a flaw, Tired of apologizing for the things that make me raw. I don't need another stranger telling me what I should do, When the hardest thing I've ever done was learning to be true. See, the world keeps on spinning when you're breaking down inside, And the people keep on walking while you're looking for a sign. So I picked up all the pieces that were scattered on the floor, And I told myself I'm worth a little more than before. I don't need to be a legend, don't need everybody's praise, I just wanna look back proudly on the choices that I made. And if I fall a hundred times, I'll rise a hundred more, 'Cause the man I wanna be is worth the struggle and the war. And when the lights go down, And there's nobody around, I can hear a little voice inside Saying I should keep on trying. You can't break me, I'm still standing here, Even when I'm drowning in a sea of fear. I've been falling, I've been losing ground, But I always find a way to turn it around. You can't break me, I'm not giving in, I've got a thousand scars underneath my skin. And if the whole world turns its back on me, I'll find the strength to be who I'm meant to be. Hey… If you're listening to this alone tonight… And you feel like nobody understands… You don't have to be perfect. You don't have to win every fight. You don't have to have it all figured out. Just don't give up on yourself. Not tonight. You can't break me, I'm still standing here, Even when I'm drowning in a sea of fear. I've been falling, I've been losing ground, But I always find a way to turn it around. You can't break me, I'm not giving in, I've got a thousand scars underneath my skin. And if the whole world turns its back on me, I'll find the strength to be who I'm meant to be. I'm not perfect… Never said I was. But I'm still here. NOVA… Unbroken.