Where I Start Over - Lyric Video

Lyrics: I've been standing at the threshold Of a life I never chose Holding onto what was handed Like the weight of it is all I've ever known I know the cost of staying I've been counting it for years Trade our dreams for comfort Until the dream itself is all that disappears Maybe I was waiting For permission or a sign But the ones that really knew me Believed I had the guts to draw the line I can hear them in the quiet The ones who aren't here to guide With everything they gave me Was a road they paved believing I could walk it free So this is where I start over With all my gratitude I'll carry what has shaped me All the weight that makes me kneel And maybe I won't have it Figured out the first time through But I owe it to the people Who believed in me before I ever knew Before I knew Before I knew I've been giving years to systems That were never built for me Keeping promises to people Who were comfortable with all I'd never be I know it takes a reckoning To finally cut that rope But staying in the shallows Was never what they planted in my bones I don't blame the time I wasted I don't blame the walls I chose I only blame the silence I kept when I should have let the whole thing go There are people in the ground now Who prayed I'd find my way And I've been walking like I've got time Like the debt I owe is something I can wait to pay I know you're somewhere watching Waiting on the version you always knew I'm done making peace with standing still I'm coming through I'm coming through So this is where I start over With all my gratitude I'll carry what has shaped me All the weight that makes me kneel And maybe someday down the road I'll be something they can see For now I'm walking forward Into the version they believed I'd be