Lose Myself Songtext
von Lauryn Hill

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 loved 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 selflessness 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 paraplegic 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 misuse I did
Hey baby it′s 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 lover to absorb all of the abuse I did
Hey baby it′s 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