What’s My Purpose

[Verse 1]

I woke with the sunrise, but I felt no fire,

The clock kept on ticking, yet I climbed no higher.

I carried my questions like stones in a sack,

Looking for meaning on a worn-down track.

[Verse 2]

I asked the preachers, the poets, the wise,

I searched in the silence, in the stars of the skies.

Every answer they gave felt borrowed, not mine,

Like a shadow that fades when you step into shine.

[Verse 3]

I tried chasing money, I tried chasing fame,

But both left me hollow, just more of the same.

A mirror can’t lie when you stare through your soul,

It whispers the truth that you’re not yet whole.

[Pre-Chorus]

Is it written in stars, or carved in my name

Or do I write it daily in joy and in pain

[Chorus]

What’s my purpose, what’s my plan

Why was I born in this skin, this land

Is it written in heaven or carved by my hand

I’m reaching for answers I still don’t understand.

Can you tell me, tell me, tell me—WHO I AM

[Verse 4]

I carried the weight of my father’s old dream,

I wore it like armor though it tore at the seam.

But borrowed directions can’t carry me far,

I’ve got to find out who I really are.

[Verse 5]

I walked through the valley of chances I missed,

Regretted the times I was scared to exist.

But every misstep carved a map in my skin,

A lesson to show where my journey begins.

[Verse 6]

I tasted love’s sweetness, I swallowed its pain,

Each kiss left a question that thundered like rain.

Was I made for another or meant to stand tall,

To love just myself when there’s no one at all

[Pre-Chorus]

Am I here just to wander, or here to belong

Do I learn who I am through silence or song

[Chorus]

What’s my purpose, what’s my plan

Why was I born in this skin, this land

Is it written in heaven or carved by my hand

I’m reaching for answers I still don’t understand.

Can you tell me, tell me, tell me—WHO I AM

[Verse 7]

I’ve stood on the mountain, I’ve knelt in the dirt,

I’ve learned that my purpose is born out of hurt.

A seed doesn’t grow ‘til it cracks in the ground,

And the light only finds you when darkness surrounds.

[Verse 8]

I’ve sung in the taverns, I’ve prayed in the pews,

I’ve carried my heartbreaks like untied shoes.

But the rhythm of living keeps pulling me near,

To the voice in my chest that I’m learning to hear.

[Verse 9]

My purpose ain’t written on paper or stone,

It blooms in the moments I claim as my own.

In laughter, in sorrow, in hands that I hold,

In stories I tell and the truths that unfold.

[Pre-Chorus]

Do I follow the echoes or trust what I feel

Is my purpose imagined, or is it what’s real

[Chorus]

What’s my purpose, what’s my plan

Why was I born in this skin, this land

Is it written in heaven or carved by my hand

I’m reaching for answers I still don’t understand.

Can you tell me, tell me, tell me—WHO I AM

[Verse 10]

It’s not some grand calling that waits on a hill,

It’s choosing each morning to breathe and be still.

To build from the ashes, to rise from the fall,

To answer the smallest of whispers that call.

[Verse 11]

And if I should stumble, forget why I’m here,

I’ll follow the trail of the ones I hold dear.

For purpose is planted in love that we give,

In moments that teach us how fully to live.

[Verse 12]

So I’ll walk with the questions, I’ll sing with the doubt,

I’ll trust that the journey will slowly spell out.

For purpose ain’t something you’re handed or told,

It’s the fire you forge when the night grows cold.

[Pre-Chorus]

Do I measure my life by the things I’ve done

Or the love I leave burning when my days are done

[Chorus]

What’s my purpose, what’s my plan

Why was I born in this skin, this land

Is it written in heaven or carved by my hand

I’m reaching for answers I still don’t understand.

Can you tell me, tell me, tell me—WHO I AM