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It has been, for me, a rejection heavy year
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Which only means I’ve consistently faced up to things I fear
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Rejection is redirection, we’ve all heard it before
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But I know now that success can mean being rejected more
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An error that I made, in my youthful naïveté
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Was thinking that if I succeeded, I would finally reach a place
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Where I never need to hear “no” again, what I’d done would serve as proof
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I caught on quite fast that this could not be further from the truth
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That’s not even to say I am particularly successful by the way
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It’s just that as some things have, not much else has really changed
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There is always another room where you have to prove you’re good
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And there’s always another place where your vision will be misunderstood
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That’s not bad news; something much more valuable has found its way to me
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The knowledge that failure is simply data, not identity
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Every time I hear a no, or I find myself rejected
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It is not because I’m not good enough or my ideas aren’t respected
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In fact, it is expected that I will hear “no” a lot
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I have a huge desire to make the most of what I’ve got
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And as I keep having ideas and trying to make different things happen
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I have to prove myself to new people, that is the recurring pattern
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There will always be somebody who doesn’t quite believe in me
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That makes the ones who do precious, and I hold them gratefully
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There’s always going to be a dip, a bump that’s in the road
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Which only brings more relief and peace when I finally make it home
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I can be someone who tries to bring their dreams into the light
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I can be someone who never gets rejected in their life
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But I cannot be both, and I do not want to be
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Like shoes, we’re not created for our souls to stay pristine
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I know that there is more awaiting in this life for me
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So reject me please, and push me closer to where I need to be
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