Verse 1 She was barely nine years old When the house went quiet and the air went cold You handed her your grief like it was hers to keep Taught her how to hold you while she couldn't sleep She learned to read the room before she read a book Learned to disappear so you could have what you took Mum would have never let this become us Pre-Chorus But she was gone And I was all you had So I became your everything While I drowned in the pain Chorus But you needed me Even though I was just a child You needed me While I was lost and broken With grief nobody asked about With needs nobody saw You needed me But who was there for her That little girl Who deserved so much more Verse 2 I watched you take the space in every room Never once asking how I was feeling So I perfected small I perfected fine And learned to put your ocean before mine A child should never have to carry someone grown Something mum would've known Pre-Chorus But she was gone And you were lost in you So I swallowed all my pain Like I was supposed to Chorus Because you needed me But I was just a child You needed me While I was lost and broken With grief nobody asked about With needs nobody drew out You needed me But who was there for her That little girl Who deserved so much more Bridge I've done the work So I know your wounds made you I understand the broken Behind the closed doors But understanding you Doesn't undo what it did to me Doesn't give back the childhood That little girl was meant to see Outro She searched for years For what you couldn't give Until she found it in herself And finally learned to live
