You can't ever look past the way that you yourself felt Talk to yourself, well, that's the meaning of self-help And don't beat yourself up in the pursuit of self-happiness 'Cause half the battle's asking passionately just what "happy" is Take some time off to self-reflect and self-measure Sometimes you need to be self-centered To understand yourself better I'm feeling self-possessed without the selfishness of self-obsession But if I do this for myself and no one else, then it is self-expression Self-confident, in that I'll never let myself forfeit 'Cause every word I write, I'm certain I'm just painting a self-portrait And to all the self destructive people Who feel they'll never be themselves again Just know I understand that self-inflicted pain is self-defense So don't sell yourself short, or label yourself as stupid Because when you've hit rock bottom. Every movement is a self-improvement