oh oh oh ohhhhh oooooh oh oh oh ohhhh oooooh Verse 1 You were small and you did not know The world was not supposed to hurt this much You learned to be quiet To stand in corners To make yourself take up less space So they would not notice So they would not turn toward you You learned to swallow tears before they reached your face You learned to smile when everything inside was breaking Verse 2 Home was not a place to rest It was a place to be careful Every breath measured Every word chosen slow You walked on eggshells that never broke Only pressed deeper into the floor No one saw the hands that held you down No one heard the voice inside screaming to be let go You carried it all alone Chorus You grew up but the child did not leave Still standing there in the dark room Still waiting for someone to come Still asking what did I do wrong Why was I not enough Why did they not love me You wear the face of an adult now But underneath it all You are still that small hurt thing Holding on Bridge They say time heals everything They say you should let it go They do not know the scars do not show on the skin They live inside the bones They live in the way you flinch when voices rise In the way you wait for the other shoe to fall In the way you cannot believe anyone will stay You learned to be strong too early You learned to survive before you learned to live Verse 3 You try to be kind even though you were not shown kindness You try to be gentle even though you were taught hardness You search for something solid Something that does not change Something that does not turn Sometimes you wake up and you feel that old fear As if you are still five years old Alone in the quiet With no one coming Outro You did not deserve it None of it It was not your fault It was never your fault The child inside you waits For you to finally hold them For you to say I am here now I will not leave you
