For too long I was weak Too weak to find my feet I tried to hold it all inside So you'd never realise For too long I believed That you were good for me, I closed my mind to other possibilities You tried to out my fire Yes you did, yes you did Then you took control of me, yeah yeah Maybe I was just too scared And maybe what you're Looking for is gone 'cause baby I Chorus: I learned to love myself I don't need no-one else Baby can't you see that I don't need your chains around me You said that this was love Well it was just too much I needed to be free Your kind of love was killing me Well people say I've changed, yes I don't feel the same, they say I have a glow It's all because you're gone I learned to love myself I don't need no-one else Oh baby can't you see that I don't need your chains around me It's Independence Day Now I've found my way I don't need your love to prove that I'm somebody Maybe I was just too scared And maybe what you're Looking for is gone 'cause baby I Chorus: I learned to love myself I don't need no-one else Baby can't you see that I don't need your chains around me You said that it was love It was just too much I needed to be free Your kind of love was killing me Baby baby Your kind of love was killing me yeah yeah Baby baby Oh baby yeah Your kind of love was killing me I don't need no one else I learned to love myself