Shadows of a broken man Is no longer who I am I've broken free, can't You see I really wanna be like You Take away all my sin To finally let me ship come in Drowning in Your ocean of love And I'm happy now Lookin' what I used to be I never really had a clue 'Til I gave up everything In my way, on my way to You I was holdin' on way too tight Never livin' a real life Now I know that You're the way to love And that's a fact Nothin's gonna hold me back Well, my friends think I'm kinda strange Ever since I made the change Even now I wonder why I always try to be like You Now I'm livin' every single day Make mistakes along the way Though I let You down I always find I can always count on You Well, I was holdin' on way too tight Never livin' a real life Now I know that You're the way to love And that's a fact Well, I was holdin' on way too tight Never livin' a real life Now I know that You're the way to love And that's a fact Nothin's gonna hold me back Oh, lookin' what I used to be I never really had a clue 'Til I gave up everything In my way, on my way to You I was holdin' on way too tight Never livin' a real life I was holdin' on way too tight Never livin' a real life Now I know that You're the way to love And that's a fact Well, I was holdin' on way too tight Never livin' a real life Now I know that You're the way to love And that's a fact Nothin's gonna hold me back Oh, yeah, nothin's gonna hold me back Ooh, I was holdin' on way too tight