You were scared of making someone angry So you learned to make yourself invisible 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 your heart for something wrong Before you blamed yourself again To the little girl who grew up too early Who thought she always got it wrong Who looked around and wondered to herself Why nobody seemed to want her there at all 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 days You became good at changing colors 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 So you tried a little harder To be quieter, good, and kind Always looking for the reason You believed you'd left behind To the little girl who grew up too early Who thought she always got it wrong Who believed that if she changed enough Maybe she could finally belong You thought you had to earn their love You thought you had to get things right You didn't know that you were only A little girl trying to survive I wish I could go back and find you Before you learned to doubt yourself I'd tell you, “You were never the problem. You never were too much.” You didn't have to fix the silence You didn't have to stop the fight You didn't have to carry everyone Just to make it through the night To the little girl who grew up too early I wish you could have seen what I see now You weren't difficult, you weren't too much You were just a child who didn't know how You thought nobody could love you Because you couldn't make things right But you were worthy all along Even on your hardest nights You didn't do everything wrong. You were just a little girl. You didn't have to carry it all alone. You were just a little girl.
