The hand-me-downs that got heavy sitting on my heart

of advice that was meant to give me a head start

"If life sucks, you might as well close your eyes and sin"

Life is a game and the rules change

Were we ever meant to win?

All the lessons we learned

brought us up then down

All the worst ways to love

we're unlearning now

Every long-held belief is it yours to keep,

or just a lesson you learned?

The strings attached to a past from before I was born

The swept under the rug desires of all who came before

They say, "Don't have kids too early and make sure you make money"

It's all a guess at happiness from those who did the opposite

All the lessons we learned

brought us up then down

All the worst ways to love

we're unlearning now

Every long-held belief is it yours to keep,

or just a lesson you learned?

Someone was searching for answers to their own life

That's where this all began

May not choose all the cards that we're dealt

but we choose what to do with our hand

All the lessons we learned

brought us up then down

All the worst ways to love

we're unlearning now

Every long-held belief is it yours to keep,

or just a lesson you learned?

Every long-held belief is it yours to keep,

or just a lesson you learned?

Every long-held belief is it yours to keep,

or just a lesson you learned?