A5
I used to do it for the love a long time ago
D5
And all I ever wanted was love
A5
I used to love without fear a long time ago
D5
And all I ever wanted was love
B5
Then somebody came around and tried to hurt me
E5
Tried to make me feel like I was unworthy
B5
Took a pure love and tried to make it dirty
E5
Truth was they never did deserve me
D5
No!

(chorus)
D5                C#5               B5
I had to lose myself so I could love you better
                  D5                  C#5
I had to lose myself, had to lose myself so I could
      B5
love you better
               D5                   C#5
Had to lose myself, had to lose myself
                  B5
So I could love you better
                      E5
Had to lose myself in love
And that?s just the way it is?
A5
Couldn?t tell me I was love when I needed it
       D5
When, all I ever wanted was love.
A5
Should a told me just me because!
I?m worth receiving it
    D5
But all I ever wanted was love
B5
There?s is something awkward about the selflessness it
takes to
E5
Give love and the good that it makes you!
B5
True love can never really forsake you
E5
But it took a little while just for me to see!

(repeat chorus)

B5
I had a paralyzing fear of facing failure
E5
And I couldn?t love you perfectly with fear in my head
B5
So I peerlessly had to face the danger
E5                                           D5
So I could come back and love you whole instead
                  C#5
All of your soul I said!
                   B5
So I could make it better

(repeat chorus)

( B5 )

F#5
And so it goes that I never meant to hurt you
B5
Couldn?t stay but I never meant to desert you
F#5
Whole lot a things I just had to work thru
B5
Time to heal and restore myself worth too
F#5
Confrontation of my fears and anxiety
B5
Cried a whole lot years I suffered quietly
F#5
And though it may have taken years I can finally!
B5
Tell you that you were always on my mind!

(repeat chorus)

(bridge 2x)
A5                     C#5                   B5
Takes strength to absorb all the abuse I did
                  E5                     A5
Great love to absorb all the misuse I did
        C#5                     B5
Hey baby it?s not an excuse I give.
                     E5                        D5
And I?d do it all again because for you I live

(chorus)
           C#5                           B5
I had to lose myself so I could make it better
                 D5                   C#5
I had to lose myself, had to lose myself so I could
     B5
make it better
               D5                  C#5
Had to lose myself, had to lose myself
                B5
So I could make it better
                       E5
Had to lose myself in love
And that was just the way!
                                F#5
And that was just the way it is?