If you never learn to stand up for yourself, if you bleed out for everyone else and never secure your own oxygen first—
you will eventually fail the very people you’re trying to protect.
Only when your own heart has a safe place to rest can you really carry someone else’s tears and laughter.

为己然后为众
[Verse 1]
You always put yourself on the very last line
One word from anyone and you rush to the front
Smiling “it’s okay” like you’re wearing iron armor
But back home, lights off, your heart goes dark first
When a colleague’s heartbroken, you stay till dawn
One call from family and you fly straight home
But when it’s your turn to cry, only your shoulders remain
Even your pillow’s trained to be a silent listener
[Pre-Chorus]
Who says selflessness is the only kindness
Calling an empty soul “responsibility”
If even breathing becomes a burden
How can love survive the long nights
[Chorus]
If you don’t live for yourself, what will you use to hold up the sky
Your wounds are still bleeding—how can you carry someone else’s tears
First learn to lock safety on your own heart
Only then can you help others find completion
If you don’t live for yourself, how can you protect this world
Your sleep is still in debt—how can you block the winter wind
First become your own flame
Then go light up the lives of others
[Verse 2]
You fear disappointing people, so you keep pushing through
Swallowing every “no” deep in your chest
Your feed is full of smiling group photos
But the loneliest thing is that battery percentage in the corner
People curse this era for too much “self”
Yet you freeze into a wall in the warming zone
That ancient saying wasn’t meant to chill the heart
It was a reminder: don’t forget yourself
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Kindness isn’t a medal earned by bleeding all the way
It’s learning to leave a safe harbor for your own heart
Once you stand steady on this narrow path
You can pull others across the dark, surging sea
[Chorus]
If you don’t live for yourself, what will you use to hold up the sky
Your breath is still shaking—how can you shoulder someone’s exhaustion
First lay a solid ground for your heart
Only then can you lend shoulders for others to move forward
If you don’t live for yourself, how can you protect this world
Your tomorrow is still full of question marks—how can you block the winter wind
First let your eyes hold a little clear sky
Then go walk with others through the long night
[Bridge]
Living for yourself first isn’t selfish—it’s a wish
Leaving a bed by the window for the future you to come home to
Loving yourself first is taking full responsibility for love
Otherwise gentleness will eventually shatter into pieces
If one day you’re too tired to speak
Just hide in your own arms and rest for a while
When your heartbeat finds its own rhythm again
You’ll understand—that old saying
Has quietly been protecting you all along
[Final Chorus]
Only when you live for yourself can you truly hold up the sky
Keep your heart safe, then embrace others’ scars and smiles
When you’re willing to shine even a little for yourself
The whole city will light lamps in a chain for you
Only when you live for yourself do you earn the right to save the world
Keep half your love in your chest, give the other half to passing strangers
Then when you look back at that old proverb
You’ll find it was always standing on your side
[Outro]
Living for yourself isn’t turning cold as iron
It’s giving your soul a place to rest
So one day when the world cracks again
You can still smile and say:
“If you don’t live for yourself… heaven and earth won’t forgive you…”
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很多人把它听成“人就是要自私，否则会被天收走”。
但在这首歌里，它的意思刚好相反：

如果你从来不为自己站一次台，
不管身心多累都只会往前冲，
最后崩掉的，不只会是你，
而是那些一直靠着你的人。

先把自己照顾好，
才有资格去扛起更多人、更多世界。
那不是自私，而是让温柔可以走得更远的方式。

一路走好，兄弟、姐妹。

人若为己 (For Self, Then For All)

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