[Verse 1]

I did everything right
At least I tried

I carried the weight
I swallowed my pride

I gave what I had
I paid every cost

And somewhere along the way
I still got lost

[Verse 2]

I watched doors closing
One after one

I watched years disappear
Chasing the sun

And every disappointment
Left a mark inside

Till I started believing
Something in me had died

[Pre-Chorus]

Maybe I failed
Maybe I fell

Maybe I never became
What I wanted to be

But tell me…
Does that mean
There’s no value left in me?

[Chorus]

If I am more
Than the victories

More than the dreams
That never came true

Then who am I
When everything falls apart?

Who am I
When all that remains
Is You?

[Verse 3]

The Alter Rebbe teaches¹

אֲנִי לֹא עָשִׂיתִי אֶת עַצְמִי

*Ani lo asiti et atzmi.*

[I did not make myself.]

I did not place this soul here

I did not create my worth
So why do I believe

That every failure
Has the power
To erase it?

[Build]

הוּא עָשָׂנוּ²

*Hu asanu.*

[He made us.]

וְלֹא אֲנָחְנוּ²

*V'lo anachnu.*

[Not we ourselves.]

הוּא עָשָׂנוּ²

*Hu asanu.*

[He made us.]

וְלֹא אֲנָחְנוּ²

*V'lo anachnu.*

[Not we ourselves.]

[Big Chorus]

I am not
What I achieved

I am not
What slipped away

I am not
Every unanswered prayer

Or every dream delayed

עַמּוֹ וְצֹאן מַרְעִיתוֹ²

*Amo v'tzon mar'ito.*

[His people, the flock of His pasture.]

His people
The flock of His pasture

Before I ever won
Before I ever proved a thing

He chose
That I should be here

[Heavy Final Build]

הוּא עָשָׂנוּ²
וְלֹא אֲנָחְנוּ²
עַמּוֹ וְצֹאן מַרְעִיתוֹ²

*Hu asanu, v'lo anachnu, amo v'tzon mar'ito.*

[He made us, and not we ourselves; His people and the flock of His pasture.]

הוּא עָשָׂנוּ²
וְלֹא אֲנָחְנוּ²
עַמּוֹ וְצֹאן מַרְעִיתוֹ²

*Hu asanu, v'lo anachnu, amo v'tzon mar'ito.*

[He made us, and not we ourselves; His people and the flock of His pasture.]

הוּא עָשָׂנוּ²
וְלֹא אֲנָחְנוּ²
עַמּוֹ וְצֹאן מַרְעִיתוֹ²

*Hu asanu, v'lo anachnu, amo v'tzon mar'ito.*

[He made us, and not we ourselves; His people and the flock of His pasture.]

[Outro]

Before the victories
Before the failures
Before the world knew my name

He chose me
And every breath I take
Says He still does

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### Sources

¹ Inspired by Tanya, Chapter 30 (theme: a person's value is not self-created and does not depend on accomplishments)

² Psalm 100:3