I wore the wrong shoes for running away

But I still walked out at the end of the day

I said I was fine, but I lied through my grin

Carrying silence stitched under my skin

You said, “Don’t vanish just ‘cause you’re afraid”

But I always disappear before I’m betrayed

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I’m a stranger to myself sometimes

Hiding out in someone else’s lines

But your voice cuts through like morning light

Says, “You don’t have to win this fight”

You’re the truth I keep on the shelf

When I’m a stranger to myself

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The mirror don’t lie but it won’t always show

The parts that get buried when you’re scared to grow

I smile at the waitress, she brings me my tea

Feels like she knows more about me than me

You held the map but let me drive

That’s the first time I felt alive

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I’m a stranger to myself sometimes

Hiding out in someone else’s lines

But your voice cuts through like morning light

Says, “You don’t have to win this fight”

You’re the truth I keep on the shelf

When I’m a stranger to myself

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Maybe I’ve been wrong before

But your kindness opens every door

To parts of me I left behind

Now I see them in your eyes

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I’m a stranger to myself no more

With your faith, I found a different shore

Your voice still echoes in the night

“You don’t always have to get it right”

Now I hold that truth like no one else—

I’m no longer a stranger to myself