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 words
That stuck to me like ticks

Let it go, let it be
Brick by brick, we can be free
Of all the words we say
'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 words
That stuck to me like ticks

Let it go, let it be
Brick by brick, we can be free
Of all the words we say
'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
If 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 say
'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, let it be, oh, let it be