LYRIC FOR SALE

By Alija

(Verse 1)

Let me tell you something I don’t usually say,
I didn’t wake up one morning craving this way.
It didn’t start loud, didn’t start with a plan,
Just a weight in my chest I couldn’t outrun.
People think ambition screams, shines, makes noise,
But mine whispered late nights, restless and void.
Lying awake wondering why my days felt small
When my mind kept climbing invisible walls.
I tried to fit in, I swear I tried hard,
Tried to want their dreams, tried playing my part.
But every time I settled, something cracked inside,
Like I was slowly killing the me I hadn’t met in my life.

(Pre-Chorus)

And maybe it sounds wild when I frame it this way,
But you don’t imagine futures just to throw them away.
Dreams don’t knock softly on doors meant to stay closed,
They come where something deeper already grows.

(Chorus)

So if I speak of places I’ve never been,
It’s not ego — it’s instinct kicking in.
If I reach for more than what I hold now,
It’s ‘cause standing still feels like breaking down.
I’m not chasing freedom for power or fame,
I’m chasing air, trying to breathe in my own name.
No one else should get to define
What fulfillment means inside my mind .

(Verse 2)

I’ve been told “be realistic” more times than I can say,
Like realism wasn’t fear dressed up as faith.
Like surviving was winning, like comfort was gold,
Like growing too far meant losing control.
But no one warns you how heavy it gets
Ignoring the voice that says you’re built for more than that.
No one tells you playing safe has a cost,
That slowly fading hurts worse than being lost.
I lost sleep to these thoughts, lost time to doubt,
Lost people who couldn’t recognize my route.
Lost versions of me I had to shed
Just to stay honest with the life in my head.

And yeah, I questioned myself more than once,
Felt fear in my bones, felt stuck in the mud.
But doubt never said “stop, turn around,”
It just kept asking, “How deep you going now?”

(Pre-Chorus)

‘Cause you don’t carry a vision this long in your chest
If it’s not meant to become something real, something next.
You don’t feel this pull, this weight, this flame
If you weren’t built to answer your own name.

(Chorus)

So if I speak of places I’ve never been,
It’s not ego — it’s instinct kicking in.
If I refuse a life that feels too tight,
It’s ‘cause I know what it’s costing me inside.
I don’t want permission, I don’t want praise,
I don’t want claps for the risks I take.
I just want the right to stand and say
“This life is mine — I’ll build it my way.”

(Bridge)

I’m not saying it’s easy, I’m not selling dreams,
I know the fall hurts worse than it seems.
But I’d rather fall chasing something true
Than stay comfortable hating what I didn’t do.
And if this scares me late at night,
That’s how I know I’m aiming right.

(Final Chorus)

Because if the idea was born in me,
Then the strength lives there quietly.
Dreams don’t visit people randomly —
They choose the ones who’ll carry them patiently.
So this is me choosing myself out loud,
Not above anyone else — just proud.
My freedom isn’t rebellion or fight,
It’s alignment... finally living right.

(Outro)

I’m not trying to be more than anyone else.
I’m just done being less than myself.