Lauryn Hill – Lose Myself lyrics

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 love 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... 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 paralogic 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 abuse I did
Hey baby its 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 love to absorb all of the abuse I did
Hey baby its 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