A
I used to do it for the love a long time ago
D
And all I ever wanted was love
A
I used to love without fear a long time ago
D
And all I ever wanted was love
Bm
Then somebody came around and tried to hurt me
E
Tried to make me feel like I was unworthy
Bm
Took a pure love and tried to make it dirty
E
Truth was they never did deserve me
D
No!

(chorus)
D                C#m               Bm
I had to lose myself so I could love you better
                  D                  C#m
I had to lose myself, had to lose myself so I could
      Bm
love you better
               D                   C#m
Had to lose myself, had to lose myself
                  Bm
So I could love you better
                      E
Had to lose myself in love
And that?s just the way it is?
A
Couldn?t tell me I was love when I needed it
       D
When, all I ever wanted was love.
A
Should a told me just me because!
I?m worth receiving it
    D
But all I ever wanted was love
Bm
There?s is something awkward about the selflessness it
takes to
E
Give love and the good that it makes you!
Bm
True love can never really forsake you
E
But it took a little while just for me to see!

(repeat chorus)

Bm
I had a paralyzing fear of facing failure
E
And I couldn?t love you perfectly with fear in my head
Bm
So I peerlessly had to face the danger
E                                           D
So I could come back and love you whole instead
                  C#m
All of your soul I said!
                   Bm
So I could make it better

(repeat chorus)

( B )

F#m
And so it goes that I never meant to hurt you
Bm
Couldn?t stay but I never meant to desert you
F#m
Whole lot a things I just had to work thru
Bm
Time to heal and restore myself worth too
F#m
Confrontation of my fears and anxiety
Bm
Cried a whole lot years I suffered quietly
F#m
And though it may have taken years I can finally!
Bm
Tell you that you were always on my mind!

(repeat chorus)

(bridge 2x)
A                     C#m                   Bm
Takes strength to absorb all the abuse I did
                  E                     A
Great love to absorb all the misuse I did
        C#m                     Bm
Hey baby it?s not an excuse I give.
                     E                        D
And I?d do it all again because for you I live

(chorus)
           C#m                           Bm
I had to lose myself so I could make it better
                 D                   C#m
I had to lose myself, had to lose myself so I could
     Bm
make it better
               D                  C#m
Had to lose myself, had to lose myself
                Bm
So I could make it better
                       E
Had to lose myself in love
And that was just the way!
                                F#m
And that was just the way it is?