Some people bring you gifts, some bring you bricks to weigh you down
So they can swim a little higher while you drown
Some people mean so well, their way was the best way that they've found
But any other way you choose is a brick that weighs you down

So tell me
What do I do with this backpack full of bricks
Of sticks and stones and word's that stuck to me like ticks

Let it go, let it be
Brick by brick we can be free
Of all the words we saved til we were our own enemies
Let it go, let it be brick by brick we can believe
In the person God intended us to be
Let it be

Some people give themselves a brick, I know most people do
When we compare, we fall short somewhere, it's always true
If all we see is where we fall, we've bricked the prison wall
Instead of trying to learn to fly we've taught ourselves to crawl

So tell me what do I do with this backpack full of bricks
Of sticks and stones and word's that stuck to me like ticks

Let it go, let it be
Brick by brick we can be free
Of all the words we saved til we were our own enemies
Let it go, let it be brick by brick we can believe
In the person God intended us to be
Let it be

We could believe in ourselves more
We could try for unique instead of trying to conform
We could defy what they tell us
And don't buy the lies they sell us
And we're brave we can believe in what we are

Let it go, let it be
Brick by brick we can be free
Of all the words we saved til we were our own enemies
Let it go, let it be brick by brick we can believe
In the person God intended us to be
Let it be