"Purpose" lyrics

"Purpose"

Feeling like I'm breathing my last breath
Feeling like I'm walking my last steps
Look at all of these tears I've wept
Look at all the promises that I've kept

I put my all into your hands
Here's my soul to keep
I let you in with all that I can
You're not hard to reach

And you bless me with the best gift
That I've ever known
You give me purpose
Yeah, you've given me purpose

Thinking my journey's come to an end
Sending out a farewell to my friends, for inner peace
Ask you to forgive me for my sins, oh would you please?
I'm more than grateful for the time we spent, my spirit's at ease

I put my heart into your hands
Learn the lessons you teach
No matter when, wherever I am
You're not hard to reach

And you've given me the best gift
That I've ever known
You give me purpose everyday
You give me purpose in every way

Oh, you are my everything
Oh, you are my everything

[Spoken:]
I don't know if this is wrong, because someone else is telling me that it's wrong. But I feel this so let me just like try my best not to let this happen again. We weren't necessarily put in the best position to make the best decisions

You can't be hard on yourself for it, these are the cards you were given so you have to understand that's not who you are. You know you're trying to be the best you can be, but that's all you can do. If you don't give it all you got, you're only cheating yourself give it all you got but if it ends up happening, it ends up happening

That's what happening with me, it's like "God, I'm giving it all I've got, sometimes I'm weak and I'm going to do it." And it's like I'm not giving myself grace, I'm just like understanding that's how it is


Thanks to Dean, Kylie, Rosy Lomeli, Abbey Alderman, Ashley Davis for correcting these lyrics.
Writer(s): Justin Bieber, Jason P.d. Boyd, Jeremy Martin Snyder, Eben Anglim I. Wares, Scott S. Braun, Stephen James Philibin
This song is the title track of Justin Bieber's fourth studio album. He said in an interview with DJ Nick Grimshaw for BBC Radio 1, "The reason I named it 'Purpose' was because for a while there I feel like I lost my purpose, and I feel like I found my purpose again."
"Purpose" set new records in the USA and worldwide for the most streams for an album in its first week of release with 205 million global streams and 77 million US streams.
With this song and album as a whole Justin Bieber wanted to express the idea of an album that would encourage listeners through uplifting messages when he himself was going through a difficult period being involved in various misdemeanours and breaking up with his girlfriend.
Justin Bieber told Billboard about his personal struggles which are described in the first verse of this song, "I felt like people were judging me all the time. I came out alive. I came out swinging. But I was close to letting [fame] completely destroy me."
album: "Purpose" (2015)
Justin Bieber - Purpose album cover
Been You
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Get Used To It
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
We Are
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Trust
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
All In It
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
What Do You Mean? (Remix)
(iTunes Bonus Track)
Hit The Ground
(Japanese Edition Bonus Track)
The Most
(Japanese Edition Bonus Track)
Home To Mama
(Japanese Edition Bonus Track)
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