I wish I could go back and find The little girl you used to be Before you learned to read the room Before you learned to disappear You were scared of making someone angry So you learned to make yourself small You watched the faces in the room And tried to read them all You carried things that weren't yours to hold Long before you knew what they meant You thought being good could keep the peace So you learned to behave and sit still And every time the silence changed You wondered what you'd done You searched yourself for something wrong Before you blamed yourself again Oh, little girl, you thought you always got it wrong You looked around and wondered where you belonged You thought you had to earn their love You thought you had to get things right So you became whoever they needed Just to make it through the night You learned to change with every room Depending on who was near You knew when to speak and when to vanish You knew how to hide your fear And when you felt alone in crowded rooms You thought that must be your fault Maybe you were too difficult to love Maybe you weren't enough at all You grew up long before you should have Trying to understand the world While nobody stopped to tell you You were only just a little girl So you tried a little harder To be quieter, good, and kind Always looking for the reason You believed you'd left behind Oh, little girl, you thought you always got it wrong You looked around and wondered where you belonged You thought you had to earn their love You thought you had to get things right So you became whoever they needed Just to make it through the night I wish I could go back and find you Before you learned to doubt yourself I'd sit beside you in the silence And tell you that you're safe with me You never had to fix the silence You never had to stop the fight You didn't have to carry everyone Just to make it through the night You were never the problem You never were too much to love You didn't have to earn your place here You were enough, just as you were Oh, little girl, I wish you could see You were never what you thought you'd be You weren't difficult, you weren't too much You were just trying to be enough You thought nobody could love you Because you couldn't make things right But you were worthy all along Even on your hardest nights And if I could hold you for a moment I'd tell you everything I know You didn't do everything wrong You were just trying to find your way home You didn't have to carry it all alone You didn't have to disappear You were just a little girl.
