Unchained Resolve

Used to walk in every room

Wondering who was watching.

Funny.

Nobody was watching

As much as me.

I kept receipts for every word they said,

Every little doubt living rent-free in my head,

Built half my life for somebody else's eyes,

Just to hear "you were right" from people I didn't even like.

Bought the right clothes,

learned the right lines,

Turned every little loss into a finish-line sign,

Kept looking over my shoulder to see—

If the people behind me Were impressed with me.

Then one day

I forgot to look back.

Nothing happened.

I liked that.

I've got nothing left to prove,

Nothing left to show,

You can think I'm going nowhere— I don't need you to know.

I spent too many years

Seeing myself through you.

Now you can keep your opinion.

I've got nothing left to prove.

Funny how quiet the road gets then,

When you quit performing for imaginary friends,

No scoreboard glowing, nobody keeping track,

No reason to explain why I chose this path.

Let 'em misunderstand.

Let 'em get it wrong.

I've carried their voices

Long enough.

I wanted applause.

I wanted respect.

Wanted

every motherfucker Who doubted me impressed.

Then somewhere between Who I was and who I grew— I stopped

needing them

To tell me what was true.

I spent my whole life

Trying to prove you wrong...

Then I stopped giving a fuck if you knew.

NOTHING LEFT TO PROVE!

Let 'em talk! Let 'em doubt!

Let 'em wonder what the hell

I'm doing now! I don't need your eyes,

Your permission,

Your view— For the first damn time,

I'M DOING THIS FOR ME— NOT YOU.

Nothing left—

TO. PROVE.